As a follow up to the blog titled “Unusual Colors for Potatoes”,  I am also growing Ozette  and Maris Piper potatoes which I purchased from www.landrethseeds.com.
Ozette potatoes (see picture above) are fingerlings which grow small and narrow. Â Ozettes have yellow skin and flesh. Â Legend has it that this potato is an ancient Peruvian variety that came to the Makah Indians of Neah Bay, Washington in the 1700s by the Spanish. Â This is one old potato!! Â These potatoes are good steamed, fried or roasted.
The Maris Piper potatoes  are an Irish-English heirloom.  Maris Piper has yellow skin and cream flesh.  It is a great choice for mash potatoes and french fries.
Even though I purchased some gourmet seed potatoes from Landreth Seeds,  I still bought the easy to find white and red skinned  potatoes at a local nursery.
The next blog we are going to discuss how to grow potatoes in a grow bag. Â Keep in mind that when the seed potatoes are available for purchase, you can typically plant them.
