Spuds

Got the seed potatoes going today - good job we've been saving egg boxes for a while. As this is year 1 we don't know what varieties we want to grow so just went to Charlton Park to get 10 x 5 different varieties as follows:

• First early #1 Lady Christl: bright smooth skin, excellent cooking qualities, high resistance to common scab and P.C.N., susceptible to foliage blight
• First early #2 Pentland Javelin: white oval tubers, high yield, good sized tubers, white flesh, firm waxy texture, good cooking qualities, can be forced under glass, free from after cooking discolouration
• Second early #1 Estima: oval tubers, creamy white flesh, waxy texture, good for boiling & baking, keeps well all winter [second early keeps all winter?!? - Ed], good resistance to blight, slug damage, drought
• Main crop #1 Scarpo Mira: claimed to be totally blight resistant, high yield, large tubers with good flavour, floury texture makes it good for jacket spuds, roasting & mashing
• Main crop #2 Pink Fir Apple: long thin pink tubers, high yield, good size tubers, creamy flesh, waxy texture, excellent salad potato, improves with keeping

The descriptions are taken verbatim from the signs at the garden centre. Went for Scarpo Mira on recommendation from friend who has plot on same allotment site, Pink Fir Apple for fun, Lady Christl as we had them before. The duddo of the week award goes to this individual:

Now that's one ugly spud. They should be going in the ground in about six weeks now, so will be more updates then. Meantimes need to clear the ground for them.