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Post by Rosie on May 9, 2015 20:41:14 GMT
I just got my last spuds in about 2 weeks ago, nothing above soil level yet but with rain, snow, hail etc i don't blame them. I'm hoping to get a good crop off Druid seeing as no one supplies it any more i have to save my own seeds spuds. [p ]Not heard of that variety, rosie. [/p]
Is it a heritage potato variety? What does it cook like?
Dad grew Pentland Beauty in the 60's and 70's and an uncle had suggested growing it. It had been very successfully grown on Romney Marsh. Dell seems to have lasted, but Beauty grew too big for commercial usage, I think. Tasted lovely .... and there is nothing wrong with having half a large baked potato, as the filling behaves better, too 
[/quote] It was an exclusive spud to T&M dianthus, its not a heritage one, to be honest I first bought it because I liked the name turns out they were a really nice floury potato and gave a great yield. But T&M in their infinate wisdom stopped selling it  So now I keep 15 or so healthy tubers back and store them in the cold garage overwinter. |
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Post by Cherry on May 10, 2015 11:41:37 GMT
You seem to be describing the old Golden Wonder potato Rosie. |
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Post by Rosie on May 11, 2015 9:57:53 GMT
I've never tried Golden Wonder Cherry. I got told that red duke of your was a good one too, might try that next year. |
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Post by Cherry on May 11, 2015 14:39:29 GMT
I grew Red Duke of York here and thought it was good and prolific.
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Post by dianthus on May 11, 2015 17:18:16 GMT
You seem to be describing the old Golden Wonder potato Rosie. I trolled through the Potato Council and could find no mention of Druid
The old Potato Marketing Board were much more useful. All varieties were listed in a booklet, along with susceptible diseases and pests. Dry matter and other useful criteria were all in the tables, too.
You'd have thought a web site would have been easier to keep, wouldn't you?
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Post by roofgardener on May 15, 2015 14:09:59 GMT
ROFL.... we still have a potato council ?
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Post by dianthus on May 15, 2015 17:11:01 GMT
ROFL.... we still have a potato council ? Potatoes are taken very seriously, in the commercial world, roofie, and there is at least one notifiable pest - the Colorado Beetle, and one notifiable disease - that is treated with the same containment procedures as Foot & Mouth.
I've been adding more compost to top up the early potatoes in buckets and bags, so reckon I'll have my first pickings in about 5 weeks.
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Post by Tel on May 15, 2015 18:30:04 GMT
I've never tried Golden Wonder Cherry. I got told that red duke of your was a good one too, might try that next year. I first tried them in the 60s, they sold them like Walkers and Seabrooks crisps.  |
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Post by dianthus on May 15, 2015 18:52:29 GMT
Ha ha Tel
Golden Wonder Smokey Bacon crisps were delish but the double encapsulated oleoresin flavours they used later, made for a horrible crisp.
Was the potato variety developed by some grower, for them, Tel ? The crisp company were around in about '65, weren't they? |
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Post by Tel on May 15, 2015 19:04:21 GMT
Ha ha Tel
Golden Wonder Smokey Bacon crisps were delish but the double encapsulated oleoresin flavours they used later, made for a horrible crisp.
Was the potato variety developed by some grower, for them, Tel ? The crisp company were around in about '65, weren't they? Golden Wonder potatoes have been around since 1906 The Company was formed in 1947 taking its name from the Golden Wonder potato, I do not know what potatoes were used.  They are both Scottish. |
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Post by dianthus on May 15, 2015 20:12:10 GMT
Ha ha Tel
Golden Wonder Smokey Bacon crisps were delish but the double encapsulated oleoresin flavours they used later, made for a horrible crisp.
Was the potato variety developed by some grower, for them, Tel ? The crisp company were around in about '65, weren't they? Golden Wonder potatoes have been around since 1906 The Company was formed in 1947 taking its name from the Golden Wonder potato, I do not know what potatoes were used. They are both Scottish. Thanks Tel  |
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Post by roofgardener on May 17, 2015 8:40:41 GMT
ROFL.... we still have a potato council ? Potatoes are taken very seriously, in the commercial world, roofie, and there is at least one notifiable pest - the Colorado Beetle, and one notifiable disease - that is treated with the same containment procedures as Foot & Mouth.
I've been adding more compost to top up the early potatoes in buckets and bags, so reckon I'll have my first pickings in about 5 weeks.
Amazing. I read a little about them on the interweb. There's a special potato tax for growers and buyers, which funds the whole operation, to the tune of around £6 million/year. The Potato Council has around 30 members, and its own underground nuclear-hardened secret research establishment underneath Cheyenne Mountain, in North Wales. Here's a picture. (well, of the entrance, anyway).  Apparantly it was originally an above-ground facility, but over the years it got earthed-up ? |
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Post by daitheplant on May 17, 2015 19:49:25 GMT
Ha ha Tel
Golden Wonder Smokey Bacon crisps were delish but the double encapsulated oleoresin flavours they used later, made for a horrible crisp.
Was the potato variety developed by some grower, for them, Tel ? The crisp company were around in about '65, weren't they? Golden Wonder potatoes have been around since 1906 The Company was formed in 1947 taking its name from the Golden Wonder potato, I do not know what potatoes were used. They are both Scottish. All good seed potatoes are from Scotland. |
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Post by dianthus on May 17, 2015 20:01:07 GMT
Until 2003, there were some good seed potatoes grown in the Usk Valley, Dai
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Post by daitheplant on May 17, 2015 20:30:02 GMT
By a certain champion showman who`s name I can`t remember at the mo.
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So now I keep 15 or so healthy tubers back and store them in the cold garage overwinter.
