Potato Varieties and Seed Potatoes - Catalogs, Lists, and Databases
- Abundant Life Seeds - certified organic seed potatoes as well as vegetable, herb and flower seeds.
- Agro Engineering - a list of variety profiles.
- ARS Variety Development Research Project - "development of potato varieties and germplasm with improved yield, quality, disease and pest resistance."
- Bedlington Farms - grower and vendor of seed potatoes.
- Bioselect - Organic potato seed from the UK.
- Burpee - the venerable seed company.
- Canadian Potato Varieties - descriptions and images for all commercial varieties registered in Canada, as well as home garden and deregistered varieties.
- Colorado Certified Potato Growers - a list of variety profiles.
- Colorado Potato (CPAC) - list of potato varieties with brief descriptions and images.
- European Cultivated Potato Database - in English; database maintained and updated by SASA within the framework of the European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks (ECP/GR) which is organized by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI).
- Gunnels Farms - vendor of certified seed potatoes.
- High Mowing Organic Seeds - vendor of organic seed; has had organic potato seed pieces in the past.
- Hume Seeds - "specializing in the best seeds for short seasons and cool climates."
- HZPC Americas - seed potatoes; develops and licenses various potato varieties.
- Irish Eyes-Garden City Seeds - brief descriptions and images of more than 100 heirloom and gourmet varieties.
- La Plant Français Pomme de Terre - in both French and English; hundreds of images and descriptions; comprehensive site with great info about varieties.
- Little Potato Company - "the only company in Canada which specializes in growing small potatoes and is also actively pursuing the development and enhancement of small potato varieties."
- Manitoba Seed Potatoes - a selection of varieties, along with grower and food safety information.
- Martinez Farms Certified Seed Potatoes - commercial vendor of certified seed potatoes grown in Colorado's San Luis Valley; pagina en Español.
- Moose Tubers - certified seed potatoes, onion sets and sunchokes.
- Mountain Valley Produce - certified seed potatoes and tubers.
- New York Certified Seed Potatoes - variety descriptions of a large number of potato varieties; some photos. Note: pages load very slowly due to large image sizes.
- Nordic Potato Database - "the mandate of the Nordic Gene Bank is to preserve and document the genetic variation in Nordic agricultural and horticultural plant species and their wild relatives."
- North Carolina State Potato Variety Database - Information on a number of varieties tested by NCSU.
- Oregon Potato Variety Database - interactive data base for most advanced Western selections (limited operability; has been "under development" for years).
- PCC Natural Markets - info on potato varieties, their uses and preparation.
- Pom'Alliance - European potato supplier.
- Potato Database - wild and cultivated potato species.
- Potato Gene Resources Newsletter - published periodically by the Potato Research Centre of Canada; information on varieties (including heritage and home-grown varieties) as well as disease resistance.
- Potato Pedigree Database - comprehensive database from the Plant Breeding Laboratory at Wageningen University in The Netherlands.
- Potato Seed Myths - "In order to make sense of available information and provide meaningful measures of seed quality, several concepts, or myths, have evolved which are not necessarily supported by scientific research. Often, these 'opinions' are promoted and accepted by a potato seed industry seeking advantages in a very competitive market. This publication will address three of these 'potato seed myths.'"
- Potato Species - "general species information on Endosperm Balance Number (EBN), chromosome number, origin region, altitude range (Hawkes, 1990) and a picture (30 - 180 kB) when available."
- Potato Variety Descriptions (Canada) - Information on varieties from Alberta. Requires Adobe Reader.
- Potato Variety Database - NE 1014 Regional Potato Collaborators Group potato variety database; indicates when and where a particular clone was field tested.
- Potato Variety Descriptions (Tucker Taters, New York) - certified seed and table stock potato varieties.
- Potato Variety Descriptions (New Brunswick) - large .pdf file containing tables of all registered (as of 2002) varieties in Canada, plus information about pest and weed control.
- PAA Variety Descriptions - text and images for most leading varieties; cross-linked with the PAA North.
- Potato Varieties Explained contains information in everyday language on the bewildering number of potatoes.
- Potato Variety Inventory, an alphabetical listing of hundreds of North American varieties.
- Potato Varieties - a list complied by Graeme Wilson of varieties grown in Australia.
- Potato Varieties - a list from Cornell Cooperative Extension.
- Potato Varieties and Uses - Information for Washington State growers and consumers.
- Potato Varieties in New Zealand - list compiled by Alex McDonald (Merchants), Ltd.
- Potato Variety Descriptions - HZPC - proprietary varieties, mostly European fresh-market types.
- Potato Variety Growing Guidelines - growing guides for a number of standard varieties.
- Potato Variety Index - variety info from a Canadian supplier of fresh and seed potatoes.
- Quantum Tubers Corporation - Seed-potato vendor in Wisconsin.
- Rajnus Brothers Seed Potatoes - Oregon-based grower and vendor of seed potatoes.
- Red Isle Produce - fresh and seed potatoes from a Prince Edward Island-based supplier.
- Ronninger's Potato Farm - certified organic seed potatoes.
- San Luis Hills Farm - vendor of certified seeds and potatoes based in Colorado; web site also has variety information, recipes, and more.
- Seed-Potatoes.Co-UK - A commericial seed-potato vendor based in the UK that welcomes "All orders great and small" and that "can supply all your needs, early, second early and maincrop."
- SeedQuest - list of seed suppliers, brokers and resellers, as well as international information about seeds.
- SpudSeed Variety List - short descriptions of heirloom, gourmet, and leading varieties.
- Summit Potato Products - a list of cultivars "currently in our lab repository."
- Tasmanian Potato Cultivars - "sets out the potato cultivars that are included in the Tasmanian Seed Potato Certification Scheme, and provides a brief description of each."
- Tri-State Trial Results - results for recent Pacific Northwest cooperative variety trials; part of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (Aberdeen, Idaho) site.
- United States Potato Genebank - "The mission of the NRSP-6 Potato Genebank is to facilitate improvements in the potato of the future by promoting the use of valuable exotic genes found in wild potato germplasm."
- Varieties & Breeding - OSU/P.I.E. links to diverse sources of information for varieties and breeding.
- Washington State Seed Potato Commission - ensuring the disease-free production of seed potatoes for Washington State.
- West Isle Enterprises - Prince Edward Island-based seed potato company.
- World Catalog of Potato Varieties - Book for sale: "provides a description of more than 4,000 different potato varieties which are cultivated in over 100 countries world wide."
More Links
Cooperative Extension - a state-by-state guide to Extension web sites.
Organic and Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Organizations - links to non-profit, government and non-governmental organization, as well as commercial companies, that are in some way involved with organic or sustainable agriculture.
Potato Crop Production,Soil, Diseases and Chemicals – everything to do with the commercial production of potatoes.
Potato History, Geography and Other Fun Stuff - links to sites that contain education material or other stuff about potatoes that we thought was fun (like home-growing, cooking and eating potatoes!). The emphasis here is on material for kids and students of all ages.
Potato Industry Organizations - Grower, research and commercial organizations (including local, state, federal, and national government agencies) are included in this list of links. Check here for sites with information about seed-certification programs.
Potato Industry Publications – publications for researchers, growers and industry professionals.
Potato Industry Web Sites – links to commercial vendors of agricultural equipment and supplies.
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