Potato question

[Meadowlark]

When I was a teenager, I helped this old farmer near Lexington, Kentucky that grew a potato called Green Mountain. That was one of the best eaten potatoes I ever had. I don't even know if they are still around these days.

That is an interesting potato @Heirloom farmer1969. I looked for some Green Mountain seed potatoes but the places that carried them all were out of stock. I bet you could find some in a feed store in your area.

"It originated in the Green Mountains of Vermont and released in 1885. The potato produces a high yield of light tan-skinned, white-fleshed tuber that store exceedingly well. It is resistant to verticillium, blackleg, and fusarium rot, but is susceptible to scab and viruses. "

Being susceptible to scab and viruses would probably rule it out for me in my climate...but other than that sounds good especially the storage part.

 

[Anniekay]

Grand Teton Organics sell Green Mountain seed potatoes. You can order them on line. !!

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

That is an interesting potato @Heirloom farmer1969. I looked for some Green Mountain seed potatoes but the places that carried them all were out of stock. I bet you could find some in a feed store in your area.

"It originated in the Green Mountains of Vermont and released in 1885. The potato produces a high yield of light tan-skinned, white-fleshed tuber that store exceedingly well. It is resistant to verticillium, blackleg, and fusarium rot, but is susceptible to scab and viruses. "

Being susceptible to scab and viruses would probably rule it out for me in my climate...but other than that sounds good especially the storage part.

I might make a few calls just to see. I've been looking online and most say not in stock since 2021.

 

[GreenhouseGoblin]

...just barely ahead of Kennebec at 10.

I've always grown Kennebec. There have been years when I can't get them, and none of the other white varieties can compare. I do have a red variety that I like, but I'm not sure what the variety is and I'm not sure how to tell. It's an heirloom and I always save my own for seed potatoes.

Potato Trivia

 Th ere are only 37 acres of Kennebec potatoes grown for seed. They are grown in Wisconsin. Any seed potato company that is selling legitimate Kennebec seed potatoes gets them from the farm is Wisconsin.

Another interesting fact about buying Kennebec seed potatoes, is that some seed companies will sell you variety called Eva. Evas were developed in the 1980s as sort of the "new and improved" Kennebec. They are distinguished from true Kennebecs by the gentle ridges and lines on there skin. They also don't store as long.

 

[Meadowlark]

I might make a few calls just to see. I've been looking online and most say not in stock since 2021.

I'd bet that attribute "susceptible to scab and viruses" puts off a lot of potential growers...as it did me.

 

[Meadowlark]

I've always grown Kennebec.

Sometime suggest you try the "Elba". Has a great flavor, excellent diseases resistance, and really produces. In my little study, it was the number 1 white potato and outproduced Kennebec by 20%

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

I'd bet that attribute "susceptible to scab and viruses" puts off a lot of potential growers...as it did me.

Yes,I don't like to grow a variety that's easy to catch viruses.
Potatoes, like tomatoes, can be very troublesome when it comes to viruses.
I never grow potatoes or tomatoes in the same spot for at least 3 years. I believe that's the main reason I never have any serious problems with diseases, along with removing all debris and cover cropping at the end of the growing season.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

When I was a teenager, I helped this old farmer near Lexington, Kentucky that grew a potato called Green Mountain. That was one of the best eaten potatoes I ever had. I don't even know if they are still around these days.

Green Mountain – Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes

www.seedpotatoes.ca

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

Green Mountain – Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes

www.seedpotatoes.ca

I would almost take a chance on them but after @Meadowlark posed above and reading up on them, I'm about afraid to.
Nothing I hate anymore than potato scab or viruses.

 

[Meadowlark]

I would almost take a chance on them but after @Meadowlark posed above and reading up on them, I'm about afraid to.
Nothing I hate anymore than potato scab or viruses.

If you check out @Oliver Buckle reference it also says in bright colored letters:

"This variety is susceptible to common scab and highly susceptible to late blight."

Would not work here.

 

[Ruderunner]

One factor that seems overlooked in determining best potato is the end use. Certain varieties are better for certain recipes. A typical red doesn't make a good baker and a baker isn't great for potato salad.

I've heard that there's 2 types of potato, soft (baker, russet) and hard or waxy (red, yellow and generic white). There's probably more technical names. I look at the skins as a rule of thumb, ones that clean up with a little water and rubbing tend to be hard, the ones that never seem to let go of all the dirt are soft.

Hmm, maybe I'll make some fresh homemade potato chips for the game tomorrow. Salt and vinegar of course.

 

[gary350]

When I was a teenager, I helped this old farmer near Lexington, Kentucky that grew a potato called Green Mountain. That was one of the best eaten potatoes I ever had. I don't even know if they are still around these days.

Cobbler use to be a very popular white potato for my grandparents in 1960. Feed store in town sold them and everyone bought them and planted them in southern Illinois. I never see Cobbler for sale anymore. Farmers co-op told me once they can special order cobbler. If you could buy 5 lbs. of cobber and 5 lbs. of other potatoes also you could grow them to see if that is the potato you remember. Its been too long for me I would not know a cobber potato if it hit me in the head.