Some Salad Potato Varieties

These are also known as waxy potatoes

Some Salad Potato Varieties

Taste great simply prepared in their skins. Salad potatoes are firm to the bite and are great for a quick, easy and healthier dish. Taste delicious boiled, steamed or roasted whole in their skins. This type of potato is also known as waxy. A typical salad variety would be Charlotte or Maris Peer.

Would you like to try some varieties that are not usually available in supermarkets?

Potato House are renowned for our incredible range of potatoes – we grow over 70 varieties which includes a range of heritage and coloured potatoes. Cooking a heritage or coloured potato takes no extra skill and you cook according to the potato type. A salad potato is great as a boiled potato, regardless of whether it is red or white. Read more about our family farm here.

We have listed a few of our fabulous range here with a bit of information about the variety. Not all varieties are available to buy each year and they are not available all year round, but this gives you an idea of what we grow. The shop on this site will open in the autumn each year.

We do have standard white potatoes as well.

Heidi Red

Slightly buttery, delicious taste. Ideal for salads, boiled & mash. The Heidi Red (Heiderot) potato has long shaped tubers with bright red skin and flesh.

Potato Type Salad
Skin Colour Red
Flesh Colour Red

Bambino

Short oval tuber with white skin and cream flesh, great variety for boiling. Lovely salad potatoes with a smooth light waxy texture.

Potato Type Salad
Skin Colour White
Flesh Colour White

Pink Fir Apple

Pink Fir Apple fingerling potatoes are long, narrow and famously knobbly. They have a wonderful nutty, earthy flavour. Great boiled, steamed or in salads.

Potato Type Salad
Skin Colour Red
Flesh Colour White

Jazzy

Jazzy has an excellent taste and waxy texture. It is a long oval shape, set-skinned variety which lends itself perfectly to salads, boiled, roasted whole.

Potato Type Salad
Skin Colour White
Flesh Colour White

Maris Peer

Maris Peer are small salad potatoes with a light fresh flavour. They are great boiled, steamed, roasted or made into wedges. Can be eaten hot or cold.

Potato Type Salad
Skin Colour White
Flesh Colour White

Anya

Anya is a fingerling potato with a firm texture, knobbly appearance and a slight nutty flavour. It can be enjoyed boiled, roasted or steamed. Great served cold.

Potato Type Salad
Skin Colour White
Flesh Colour White

Charlotte

Charlotte potatoes have a fresh flavour which tastes great hot or cold. Ideal boiled as part of a salad, they hold their shape well and can be roasted whole.