What kind of potatoes are grown in Maine?

The top potato varieties grown in Maine (fall harvest 2016, by acreage) are:

Russet Burbank (40.6%)
Frito-Lay varieties (15.7%)
Norland (5.1%)
Russet Norkotah (4.8%)
Snowden (4.4%)

What is a Marfona potato?

Marfona potatoes are short, oval shape potatoes with a smooth texture. Marfonas lend themselves perfectly to mash, wedges and boiled potatoes cooked in a sauce, particuarly PotatoDauphinoise/Dauphinoise Potatoes.

Which potatoes are indeterminate?

List of Indeterminate Potatoes Varieties

Russet Burbank.
Ranger Russet.
Alturas.
Century Russet.
Russet Nugget.
German Butterball.
Strawberry Paw.
Green Mountain.

What is the highest yielding potato variety?

Potato Harvest Size based on variety. Red Pontiac came in first with around 1.5 pounds of potato per plant. Kennebec came in second with 1.4 pounds of potato per plant. Russet potatoes produced just over 1 pound of potatoes per plant.

What kind of potato is a Maine potato?

The Eastern seaboard and Pacific Northwest are key white potato growing areas. Maine has the reputation as being the white potato state, but seasonal crops are grown in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and Delaware. Also Washington and California on the West coast are white producers.

Where are most of Maine’s potatoes grown?

Aroostook County
However, in the year 2000, Maine grew 63,000 acres of potatoes and nearly 90 percent of that was in Aroostook County. Over time the potatoes grown have also shifted away from table stock and into specialty markets. Nearly 25 percent of Maine’s potato production is for seed to supply the east coast.

How good are Marfona potatoes?

Marfona seed potatoes are a high yielding, second early variety, which produces consistent large crops of waxy textured potatoes. A perfect seed potato for baking with whilst also good for boiling and chipping with too. Marfona tubers are oval shaped, with light yellow skins and cream coloured flesh.

What do Marfona potatoes look like?

A Marfona is a potato cultivar with a moderately waxy texture. It originated in the Netherlands in 1975. It has a light brown or yellow skin and a yellow to cream flesh, and is a high yielding Second Early variety. Due to the potato having a strong flavour it is very good for use as baking, boiling and mashing.

How do you tell if a potato is determinate or indeterminate?

Determinate potatoes rarely grow very tall and are often early to bloom. However, if the plant’s stems just keep growing up and up, it’s indeterminate, a fact you can confirm by mounding the stems and checking to see if new tubers form in the added layer.

Is Kennebec indeterminate?

Kennebec represent determinate varieties (generally “early” varieties), producing one crop that is mature enough for harvest at roughly the same time.

What is the best all round potato?

Put simply, any big potato will do and they can often be found in stores packaged as ‘baking potatoes’. Some popular favourites include Marfona, Saxon and Nectar which are good all-rounders.