Golden Wonder Potato: Growing Tips

Key facts

Seed company

SASA

Listed for

United Kingdom

Overview

Golden Wonder is a late maincrop potato with russet skin, found by Mr Brown of Arbroath in 1906. Botanically it is a periclinal chimera, with Golden Wonder tissue over a Langworthy core. The flesh is very dry and floury, ideal for baking, roasting and frying, though it falls apart if boiled too long. Yields tend to be low, so it is grown more for flavour and texture than bulk.

Golden Wonder traits

• Late maincrop potato from Scotland, 1906
• Russet-skinned tubers
• Very dry, floury flesh
• Tends to give low yields
• A periclinal chimera with a Langworthy core

Good for

• Baking
• Roasting
• Frying

Golden Wonder FAQ

Sowing, care and common problems

Sowing times, care and common problems are the same for every potato variety, so they are covered once in the growing guide.

• Potato growing guide
• Seed Potatoes: Chitting, Cutting and Drying Before Planting
• When and How to Plant Potatoes: Depth, Spacing and Soil
• Earthing Up Potatoes and How Many Shoots to Keep
• Potato Growing Calendar: Spring and Late Summer Crops
• Potato Problems: Blight, Scab and Green Potatoes
• When to Harvest Potatoes and How to Store Them
• All 20 potato varieties

Source

Source: APHA (Animal and Plant Health Agency)

The text on this page is our own summary written from the published variety record, not a copy of it.

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.