Potato ‘Kennebec’ Solanum Tuberosum

Unavailable in 2024

The Kennebec has great potato qualities and, though this strain of potato has been around for over 50 years, it’s just beginning to get its due and being noticed by better restauranteurs.

The Kennebec is a large potato, and it looks very pretty with its light tan skin, nice uniform appearance (it usually doesn’t have large ‘holes’ like many other potatoes), and attractive white fleshy insides. The skin is thin so it peels quickly (and is fine to use even unpeeled), and it’s a nice oval potato so it is more attractive on the plate than some other irregularly-shaped ones. It is an easily-grown main crop potato, the plant has a high and dependable yield of large potatoes, it resists blight and other diseases well, and the potatoes winter very well for a long storage time.