Rosy-skinned and white-fleshed, Wisconsin Round Red potatoes have a firm, smooth, and moist texture, making them well suited for salads, roasting, boiling, and steaming. Plan ahead because they’re a late summer and early fall tuber.
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Cherry Red
- Usage: Fresh market potato with low specific gravity (averaging 1.069).
- Tuber Appearance: Round to oblong with red skin and white to cream flesh.
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Chieftain
- Usage: Fresh market potato with low specific gravity (averaging 1.066).
- Tuber Appearance: Round to oblong potato with white flesh and pink to red skin.
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LaRouge
- Usage: Fresh market potato low specific gravity (averaging 1.067).
- Tuber Appearance: Round to oblong with red to pink skin color and white flesh.
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Norland
- Usage: Early direct delivery for fresh market. Has low specific gravity (averaging 1.064) and high sugar content after storage at 40°F to 45°F.
- Tuber Appearance: Round to oval in shape with light red skin and white flesh.
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Pontiac
- Usage: Fresh market potato with low specific gravity (averaging 1.061).
- Tuber Appearance: Round potato with white flesh and red to pink skin
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Red Bliss
- Usage: Early summer harvest, fresh market potato that is best steamed or oven roasted.
- Tuber Appearance: Small round potato, no larger than 1.5 inches in diameter, with red skin and white flesh.