Seed Potatoes

AI ordered some seed potatoes form Wood Prairie Farm.  They're in Maine -- I almost felt guilty from ordering someplace other than Idaho!  But I survived it.

They have so many different varieties--how can you choose?  And I don't need a whole pound of each variety I want to try.  For one thing, I would seriously go over budget.  But I can't eat that many potatoes anyway.

So I ordered their Organic Potato Blossom Festival.  I don't care about the "organic" part of it.  I think "organic" is way over-hyped.  But this has a nice mix of potato varieties, a pamphlet on growing spuds, and a recipe book.  The potato varieties were selected for "their exceptional blossom beauty and fragrance":  Red Cloud, Carola, Cranberry Red, All-Blue, Onaway, and Butte. 

The Wood Prairie catalog itself contains a wealth of information about the different types of potatoes (the ones included in my order are itallicized):

Texture	Uses	Varieties
Soft Moist	Steamed	Cranberry Red
	Au Gratin	All-Blue
	Sauteed
	-----------	----------
Creamy Mid-Dry	Baked	Carola
	Steamed	Rose Gold
	Creamy Soups
	-----------	----------
Mealy Dry	Baked	Swedish Peanut
	Mashed	Butte
	Fried
	-----------	----------
Waxy Moist	Boiled	Onaway
	Soups & Stews	Reddale
	Salads
	-----------	----------
Waxy Mid-Dry	All purpose	Caribe
	Baked	Elba
	Boiled	Prairie Blush
	Salads	Rose Finn Apple
		Russian Banana
		King Harry
	-----------	----------
Firm Dry	Baked	Red Cloud
	Fried	Yukon Gold
	Boiled	Island Sunshine

I'm really looking forward to getting try see and smell all the beautiful blooms.  And, of course, to tasting all these varieties.  Well of course I'll have pictures of the plants blooming, and of the potatoes.