Floury potatoes: 26 suitable types of potatoes

Floury potatoes can be used in many ways and go well with many dishes. They come in a wide variety of varieties, making them just worth growing in the garden. Because this is how you can turn the harvest into an excellent test meal.

Potato varieties

Varieties from A to C

Field blessing

The Ackersegen potato variety has been grown since 1929. Their shell is yellow ocher and has shallow eyes. The flesh is yellow.

• Maturity group: late
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: very good

Tip: The easy-care and well storable variety Ackersegen is ideal for the hobby gardener.

Adretta

The popular Adretta originally comes from the GDR. The potatoes are floury, round oval and grow evenly. The pulp is yellow and may have eyes.

• Maturity group: medium early to late
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: good

Afra

The Afra potato variety was approved in Germany in 1990. The potato is oval to round and has yellow to very yellow flesh.

• Maturity group: late
• Size: 35 to 65 millimeters
• Harvest: medium to very good

Tip: The easy-care Afra also thrives in hot and dry years.

Agria

Agria is a popular variety of potato that produces large, round oval potatoes. The flesh of the potato is very yellow.

• Maturity group: very late
• Size: 45 to 65 millimeters
• Harvest: very good

Tip: Agria is one of the floury potatoes, but depending on the weather, location and growing area, it can also have a waxy consistency.

Arran Victory

The Arran Victory is originally from Scotland, where it has been grown since 1912. Their round, slightly misshapen potatoes have white flesh. Their skin is light purple.

• Maturity group: very late
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: good

Tip: Arran Vicotry is one of the easy-care potato varieties.

Augusta

Augusta is round to oval. Their flesh is light yellow to yellow in color. In some years the bowl gets red eyes.

• Maturity group: medium early
• average size: 35 to 65 millimeters
• Harvest: normal to good

Tip: Augusta is one of the potato varieties that can be stored well.

Belle de Moncrabeau

The Belle de Moncrabeau probably originally came from France. The flesh of the round oval potatoes is white. The shell is bluish with deep eyes.

• Maturity group: unknown
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: not yet meaningful

Bintje

The Bintje is one of the classics of the floury potato varieties. The Dutch woman has been on the market since 1910. The bowl of the Bintje is yellow and has shallow eyes. The potatoes have a yellow-fleshed to very yellow-fleshed color.

• Maturity group: medium early to late
• average size: 45 to 65 millimeters
• Harvest: good to very good (with good care)

Tip: In some growing areas, the Bintje can also become a little firmer.

Congo

Congo, also called Blue Swede, is one of the oldest potato varieties in the world and probably comes from South America. The pulp of the round to oval potatoes is marbled purple and white. The color remains even after cooking. Their shell is dark purple and has shallow eyes.

• Maturity group: medium to late
• average size: 35 to 65 millimeters
• Harvest: good

Tip: Congo is easy to care for and robust against diseases.

Varieties from F to H

Finka

The Finka potato variety was approved in Germany in 2001. The potatoes of this still young variety are floury, yellow-fleshed to very yellow-fleshed. Their shape is round oval.

• Maturity group: early
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: medium to good

Tip: Although the finca is one of the early potato varieties, it can be stored well.

Gala

With its approval in Germany in 2002, the Gala is one of the younger potato varieties. The potato is round oval and has yellow flesh.

• Maturity group: medium early
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: good to very good

Tip: Gala only gets really floury when it is perfectly matured.

Golden Wonder

Golden Wonder comes from Scotland and needs good soil for lush growth. The potato is long oval and has yellow flesh.

• Maturity group: late to very late
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: good

Tip: Golden Wonder is very robust and can be stored well.

Highland Burgundy Red

The variety Highland Burgundy Red, also called Red Cardinal, originally comes from the Scottish Highlands and is one of the old potato varieties (1902). The pulp of the long oval potatoes is marbled red to red-white and retains its color after cooking. The shell is red.

• Maturity group: medium to late
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: very good to very bad (depending on the year)

Varieties from L to O

Leyla

The Leyla potato variety was approved in Germany in 1988. The potato is floury, yellow-fleshed and has a regular shape.

• Maturity group: very early
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: normal

Tip: Compared to other floury potato varieties, the Leyla variety can be classified as slightly floury.

Lilly

The round oval potatoes of the Lilly variety are deep yellow in color and grow in an even tuber shape. Its smooth shell has shallow eyes.

• Maturity group: early to medium early
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: very good

Tip: Although Lilly is floury, it does not disintegrate when cooked.

Lucilla

The round oval potato of the Lucilla variety is yellow in color. It grows in a uniform tuber shape. The shell is slightly rough and has shallow eyes.

• Maturity group: medium early
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: very good

Tip: Lucilla is considered to be particularly floury among the floury potatoes.

Margit

The Margit potato variety was approved in Germany as early as 1983. The pulp is yellow and the potato peel has medium-deep eyes.

• Maturity group: early to medium early
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: good

Tip: Margit can be stored well.

Mayan Queen

The yellow fleshed potatoes of the Mayan Queen variety are elongated to oval in shape. It is originally from Peru (1565) and has a yellow skin.

• Maturity group: medium early
• average size: 20 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: rather moderate

Mayan Trixie

Mayan Trixie was approved in Germany in 2010. The elongated to oval potato has an intense yellow color. Their skin is yellow with blue eyes.

• Maturity group: medium to late
• Size: 20 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: depending on the year

Floury Mühlviertler

The old potato variety Mehlige Mühlviertler comes from Austria. Their flesh is yellow and their skin is pale yellow. The potato is round and has deep eyes.

• Maturity group: late
• average size: 50 to 150 millimeters
• Harvest: good (depending on the weather)

Melody

The potatoes of the Melody variety are round oval and grow evenly. Their pulp is yellow.

• Maturity group: medium early
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: good

Tip: With the Melody you can achieve good harvest results even in dry years.

Odenwald blue

Odenwälder Blaue are an old German potato variety (1908) that is threatened with extinction. The flesh of the round, slightly misshapen potatoes is light yellow with a light purple grain. The shell is blue-violet and has deep eyes.

• Maturity group: medium to late
• average size: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: good

Varieties from P to S

Peach Bloom

The Peach Bloom is believed to have originated in Scotland (1850). The potato is round oval and has yellow flesh. The skin is red and yellow.

• Maturity group: medium early
• Diameter: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: good

Tip: The easy-care Peach Bloom is ideal for hobby gardeners. But be careful, it is very sensitive to frost.

Chancellor

The Reichskanzler potato is one of the old German varieties. It has white flesh, a slightly pink skin with a silver sheen and an oval shape.

• Maturity group: very late
• Diameter: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: low

Rooster

The yellow fleshed potatoes of the Rooster variety are oval. The skin of the potatoes, which come from Ireland, is rust-red and extremely rough.

• Maturity group: late
• Diameter: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: good

Black Hungarian

The black Hungarian has been living in Hungary since the end of the 18th century. Century known. It owes its name to its deep black shell. The flesh of the potato is white.

• Maturity group: medium early
• Diameter: 35 to 55 millimeters
• Harvest: good to very good

Tip: The Black Hungarian is a very robust variety of potatoes.