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• Who would guess that under that tough exterior the flesh could be so sweet and crisp
• Better than jicama!
• Grate in slaw, mandolin slice, or cube and roast it!

Sorry Out for the Season

Sometimes called Italian chicory

Sorry, out for the season.

• Add slight bitterness to salad
• Cook in Italian dishes to balance richness
• Contains healthy anthocyanins

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Stand-out flavour! A little sweet and nutty
• Quite waxy texture
• Boils well, creamy when roasted

Description: 

• Attractive, long oval shape
• Red skin and light yellow flesh

 Availability after harvest: 

• Good supply

Storage: 

• Keep in cool, dark place

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Unique and appealing waxy-textured potato
• Best cooked in skins — their shape makes them impossible to peel 
• Roasting brings out the flavour, but also does well steamed 
• Perfect for salads, tossed in warm dressings, or served as new potatoes

Description: 

• Fingerling potato with a long knobby shape and deep eyes
• Tan to pinkish beige coloured skin, and white waxy flesh

 Availability after harvest: 

• Short dormancy, available 'til early March approx.
• Good supply

Storage: 

• Keep in cool, dark place

Origin: Scotland. Cross between Desiree and Pink Fir Apple, two famous English varieties

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Very waxy, creamy when roasted
• Also great in salads
• Excellent flavour

Description: 

• Smaller fingerling
• Cream coloured skin and flesh 

 Availability after harvest: 

• Short dormancy, available 'til end February approx.
• Good supply

Storage:  

• Keep in cool, dark place

Origin: Netherlands

Note: Very high in antioxidants, 

especially the skin. 

More antioxidants than blueberries!

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Texture is moderately waxy, producing a creamy texture when roasted

 Description:  

• Purple skin and flesh  
• Long fingerling shape, tends to be small   

  Availability after harvest:   

• Long dormancy, available 'til early summer approx.
• Good supply

Storage:  

• Keep in cool, dark place

Culinary Characteristics:  

• Nicola is an excellent tasting salad-type specialty renowned for its preparation convenience and superb culinary qualities
• Nicola is champion for low GI index.  Diabetics and dieters take note!
• The taste is slightly sweet and creamy, very pleasant

Description:  

• Smooth yellow skin and waxy yellow flesh

Availability after harvest: 

• Medium dormancy
• Good supply

Storage:  

• Keep in cool, dark place

Origin:  Netherlands

Culinary Characteristics: 

• The Agria has outstanding flavour and will give you the best mash you will ever make! 
• Its medium-floury texture also makes this potato good for baking, frying, and roasting.  
• Agria has relatively little free starch so it resists glueiness  — an asset when making gnocchi!

Description: 

• Tends to be large (long oval) with a light yellow smooth skin and dark yellow flesh
• One of the darkest yellows on the market; on a scale of 1 to 8, Agria is an 8

 Availability: 

• Available year 'round, but is even less pretty after June 
• Plentiful supply

Storage:

• Keep in cool, dark place

 Origin: West Germany, 1985

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Excellent soup and salad potato as it stays firm, even in liquids
• In a gratin, it will stay in slices
• Very smooth mouth feel

 Description: 

• Round to oval tubers, light yellow flesh and yellow skin

 Availability after harvest:

• Available until Easter approx. 
• Plentiful supply

Storage: 

• Keep in cool, dark place

 Origin: Netherlands, 2011

Culinary Characteristics:  

• Due to the Innovator's drier flesh, they are well suited for French fry making or baking
• Way better flavour than white russets. 

Description:  

• A yellow flesh russet-type potato, oblong in shape

  Availability after harvest:

• Available until Easter approx. 
• Modest supply

Storage:  

• Keep in cool, dark place

Origin:  Netherlands, 2004

Culinary Characteristics:  

• Our tastier answer to typical white russet. Light yellow flesh boasts flavourful carotenes.
• Very dry flesh for fluffy baked texture
• Suitable for French fries
• Dry mash absorbs liquids

Description:  

• Oblong, tan skin with light yellow flesh

Availability after harvest:

• Available November to spring
• Good supply

Storage:  

• Keep in cool, dark place

Culinary Characteristics:  

• Dry flesh
• Suitable for snack chips, roasted, mash or pan fries.

Description:  

• Round, yellow skin with dark yellow flesh

Availability after harvest:

• Available March to July
• Good supply

Storage:  

• Keep in cool, dark place

Origin:  Netherlands

Culinary Characteristics: 

Rokos have a quite dry texture suitable for: 

• Soft-textured potato salad
• Soups
• Produces a more floury mash 
• Great roasted breakfast potatoes

Description: 

• Large, oval to round-oval with red smooth skin and white flesh.

  Availability after harvest: 

• Long dormancy, available March to July
• Good supply

Storage:  

• Keep in cool, dark place

Origin: Austria, 1988

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Mid-range starch, flavourful

Description:  

• Smooth red skin, yellow flesh
• Long oval   

 Availability after harvest: 

• Modest dormancy, available past Easter
• Good supply

Storage:  

• Keep in cool, dark place

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Favoured for its ability to stay crisp longer than most
• Industry standard for high quality, crisp fries

Description: 

• Large and oblong potatoes with smooth pale yellow skin, shallow eyes, and white flesh

Availability after harvest: 

• Generally available to end of March
• Modest supply

Storage:  

• Keep in cool, dark place

Origin: USA, 1941

Named after the Kennebec River in Maine, where it was bred

Kennebecs are an industry standard for high quality, crisp fries. 

Culinary Characteristics:  

• Pure yellow throughout with crisp, tender texture and sweet flavour
• Best when cooked
• Great soup carrot

Nutritional Benefits: 

• Studies have shown that intake of xanthophyll- and lutein rich foods are associated with a significant reduction in the risk of cataract (up to 20%) and for age-related macular degeneration (up to 40%) (Moeller, Jacques & Blumberg 2000) 

Description:  

• Tapered, pale yellow
• Up to 23cm (9") long

  Availability/Storage:  

• Short dormancy, available 'til end February approx.
• Modest supply
• Keep as cool as possible without freezing

Origin: Yellow carrots were first recorded in Turkey around the end of the 1st Century. This novel hybrid returns us to the cultural heritage of this variety.

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Unbeatable flavour and sweetness
• Bolero is the best of the Nantes types (humble opinion)
• Superb for storage; holds texture and sweetness well into spring
• Although fussy to harvest, we grow them because there's simply nothing better

Description: 

• Smooth, blunt ended, 4 to 9 inches long

 Availability/Storage:  

• Available 'til mid June approx.
• Plentiful supply
• Keep as cool as possible without freezing

Culinary Characteristics:  

• Excellent for salads and gourmet dishes
• Lovely sweet taste, especially when raw 
• Lightly stir-fry or roast to retain a deeper purple colour (the colour will bleed if boiled)

Nutritional Benefits: 

• Purple carrots contain anthocyanins, powerful anti-oxidants  

 Description:  

• A beautiful purple skinned carrot with an orange-yellow core 
• Long (25-30 cm or 10-12") and slender with a graceful taper

Origin:  Hybrid purple carrot — a return to the distant past when wild carrots were naturally purple

 Availability/Storage:  

• Short dormancy, available 'til early January approx.
• Modest supply
• Keep as cool as possible without freezing

Culinary Characteristics:  

• Plating: look spectacular sliced   
• Sweet and rich raw 
• Will lose some brightness when cooked

 Description:  

• Broad shoulders and short
• Purple skin grading to a bright yellow centre

  Availability/Storage:  

• Short dormancy, available 'til end February approx.
• Modest supply
• Keep as cool as possible without freezing

Culinary Characteristics: 

• A beautiful white carrot with crisp and sweet flavour
• Excellent for salads and gourmet dishes

Nutritional Benefits: 

• Contains phytochemicals that can help reduce the risk of cancer and stroke
• Dietary fibre may help fight against colon cancer

 Description:  

• Consistent, uniform shape and crisp, ivory white flesh
• Tend to be large, approx. 20cm (8") long

  Availability/Storage:  

• Short dormancy, available 'til end February approx.
• Modest supply
• Keep as cool as possible without freezing

Origin: White carrots originate from Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Rich, earthy, yet sweet
• Great roasted, boiled, or pickled

 Nutritional Benefits: 

• Betacyanin pigment is a powerful antioxidant 

Description: 

• Deep red beet and leaves

  Availability/Storage:  

• Medium dormancy, available 'til May approx.
• Plentiful supply
• Keep cool, approx. 4 deg. Celsius

 Origin:  Recent hybrid

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Mild beet flavor, sweet & tasty  
• Ideal for eating raw 
• Can be roasted, boiled 
• Retains its vibrant golden colour when cooked

Description: 

• Yellow flesh with a dark orange skin

  Availability/Storage:  

• Short dormancy, available 'til January approx.
• Keep cool, approx. 4 deg. Celsius

 Origin:  Recent hybrid

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Milder flavor than red beets, so they don't overpower your dish
• Sweet and tender
• The coloured rings will blend if boiled, so best served raw or lightly roasted if the distinctive colouring is to be preserved.

Description: 

• Slightly flattened globe-shaped roots 
• Red-orange or pink to light red skin
• Alternating scarlet red and white concentric rings inside

  Availability/Storage:  

• Medium dormancy, available 'til March approx.
• Plentiful supply
• Keep cool, approx. 4 deg. Celsius

Origin:  Recent hybrid 

 Origin: A pre-1840 Italian heirloom variety from the Adriatic coastal region of Chioggia (near Venice)

Culinary Characteristics: 

• Sweet and flavourful
• Perfect for consistent slicing, even cooking

Description: 

• Long cylindrical-shaped root
• Deep purple flesh
• About 7" long

  Availability/Storage:  

• Long dormancy, available February to June-July
• Plentiful supply
• Keep cool, approx. 4 deg. Celsius

Origin:  Recent hybrid