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Seed Potatoes & Onion Sets   We carry a wonderful selection of seed potato and onion sets.   Planting Potatoes:      Plant in May, two weeks after the last killer frost.  Plant tubers 4 in. (10 cm.) deep and cover with soil.  Plant 8 - 12 in. (20-30 cm.) apart. Potato Scab:       Common scab, Russet Scab, and Acid Scab are unsightly diseases of potato tubers that can adversely affect the grade and cooking quality.  Scab can survive indefinitely on decaying plant residue in the soil, on roots of living plants, and in animal manure.  Scab can spread by rain, wind-blown soil, and infected tubers.  Scab is generally more sever in light, sandy or gravel soils that dry quickly.       Prevention depends on a combination of practices: Avoid planting infected tubers Increase the time between successive potato crops Maintain high soil moisture levels during and after tuber sets - 4 - 9 weeks Avoid over-liming of soil, which increases soil pH Soil treatments include sulphur and acidic fertilizers to increase the soil's acidity   Not all of the varieties that we carry are listed here.  Some varieties listed here may not be available.

POTATOES                 Variety Maturing Color Smooth Skin Storing Boiling Baking Frying Comments Red Skinned:                 Norland Early Red Yes OK Yes No No Good tasting, oblong Pontiac Mid Red Yes Excellent Yes Yes No Best for mashing Sangre Mid Red Yes Good Yes Yes No An improved Norland White/Yellow Skinned:                 Bintje Late Yellow Yes Fair Yes Yes Yes Popular European variety Banana   Yellow Yes   Yes     Yellow skin and flesh Eramosa Early Buff   Good Yes No No   Kennebec Mid White Yes Good Yes Yes Yes Large Ptarmigan N/A Early Buff     Yes Yes Yes   Shepody N/A Mid White Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes New variety. Promising Warba  Early White Yes No Yes Yes No Earliest maturing Yukon Gold Mid Yellow Yes Excellent Yes Yes Yes Large, oval Russets:                 Russet Burbank Late White No Good Yes Yes Yes Netted Gem-type. High yielder Russet Norkotah Mid White No Good Yes Yes Yes An improved Netted Gem Other:                 Caribe Early Purple No No Yes Yes Yes Good table quality Russian Blue Late Purple Yes Good Yes No No

ONIONS         Variety Maturing Finished Product Winter Storing Use Red 8-12 weeks Large Good Raw, boiling, frying White 8-12 weeks Large Good Raw, boiling, frying Yellow (Stuttgart) 8-12 weeks Large Excellent Raw, boiling, frying Globe (Spanish) 8-12 weeks Large, round Excellent Raw, boiling, frying, onion rings Multipliers 16-20 weeks Cluster of medium size Good Frying Walla Walla 12 weeks Jumbo   Raw, frying Gourmet Shallots 16-20 weeks Cluster of medium size Excellent Excellent taste, frying