Imagine your own tasty home grown potatoes maincrops if planted in mid march would be ready to harvest within 15 20 weeks desiree has good resistance to potato virus y and powdery scab the worlds most popular red potato producing heavy crops even in dry conditions they will produce oval red skinned tubers with pale yellow waxy flesh with a floury tasting feel this variety has a firm cooked texture and is good for boiling baking chips and mash these desiree seed potatoes come complete