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Message: [QUOTE="Steve Randles, post: 166967, member: 1810"] I've grown Sarpo Mira for a couple of years now, and I rate them fairly highly. I was sceptical at first having read reports similar to HFB above, but I eventually tried some of a friends harvest first and was pleasantly surprised, so I grew them the following year (2 seasons ago now) I use them for Fries and Saute and I find their flavour to be light which suits the uses. Half of my Sarpo crop are grown and encouraged to be massive and I achieve this without any hollow tubers. They can get a little scab in dry weather if you don't keep the rootzone moist. For mashed potatoes and Baking I grow Kennebec, a variety that the americans here will be familiar with. For roasting potatoes, there can be only one, the King Edward. I also grow International Kidney (Jersey Royal!) it is an early miancrop but I start harvesting them as a first early, through the summer, digging them up as required. Steve...:) [/QUOTE]