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Grown at Home Farm, Condover Potatoes

Five varieties, grown in Shropshire to supply fish and chip shops across the UK and Ireland.

Two sacks of Home Farm Condover Wilja potatoes on the grass, with loose potatoes in front

Our varieties

Accord, Arcade, Francis, Sagitta and Wilja

Available in June and July

Accord

A high yielding early bulking variety suited to early processing and fresh bagging market. Attractive, bright uniform oval tubers with white skins and flesh.

Available in July

Arcade

A high yielding variety with bold tubers, with high early season dry matter content. Oval to long oval tubers with yellow skins and flesh. It is suited to the early processing and fresh bagging market.

Late July into August

Francis

First early
Skin
Light yellow
Flesh
Creamy yellow
Best for
The bag market and fish and chip shops
Late August into September

Sagitta

Maincrop
Yield
High yielding and versatile
Best for
Light, exceptionally crispy chips. Well known in the fish and chip trade
Also at Christmas

Wilja

2kg and 25kg bags
Skin
Light yellow, long oval
Flesh
Light yellow
Best for
Boiling and roasting

The growing year

From seed to sack

  • JanuarySeed potatoes are trayed up.
  • May to AugustThe crop is irrigated.
  • June and JulyAccord is available in June and July, and Arcade in July.
  • Late July into AugustFirst earlies: Francis.
  • Late August into SeptemberMaincrop: Sagitta.

Harvest

Lifting the crop at Home Farm

Two tractors and a red potato harvester working along a row of potatoes under a cloudy sky
Lifting the crop
The harvester elevator carrying freshly lifted potatoes into a yellow trailer
Loading the trailer
Potato plants in flower in the foreground, with the harvester and a loaded trailer behind
In the field

Trade and local buyers

Buying for a shop or a fish and chip shop?

Tell us what you need and when. We'll tell you what's lifting and when it's ready.

Ordering potatoes with your Christmas turkey? Wilja comes in 2kg and 25kg bags on the order page.