The variety Elisabeth
The variety Red Robin
The variety Elisabeth, spelt with an S and not a Z, is a salad potato developed in Holland in 2004. It is a second early. It is heralded as a large cropper but we did not find this to be so. Notice the green one on the right of the plate. Elisabeth are prone to greening if not fully earthed up.
Red Robin, if you can obtain the seed, had good flavour but, as one can see, were susceptible to a great variation in size. It is not grown commercially. I am certain that some growers would achieve a consistency in size.
Not shown here is a variety called Heather, the seed of which is exceedingly difficult to find and it is not grown commercially. We found it to be a bad cropper, not wonderful in flavour, and, indeed, not worth growing. However, if you can obtain the seed and have space, and like a challenge, it is worth giving it a go, for it may make you appreciate fully other varieties.
Red Robin, if you can obtain the seed, had good flavour but, as one can see, were susceptible to a great variation in size. It is not grown commercially. I am certain that some growers would achieve a consistency in size.
Not shown here is a variety called Heather, the seed of which is exceedingly difficult to find and it is not grown commercially. We found it to be a bad cropper, not wonderful in flavour, and, indeed, not worth growing. However, if you can obtain the seed and have space, and like a challenge, it is worth giving it a go, for it may make you appreciate fully other varieties.
Next month, January, gardeners will be deciding which potatoes to grow and visiting potato fairs up and down the country. These are two further varieties that we have grown and that have a distinct difference in size. It may be that they were subjected to too much sun and insufficient water. And though both were of good flavour, it is unlikely that we will choose to grow them again. I believe that our failure with them should not deter from others from growing them.
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