Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners

Reviewed on 01/23/2012 by Soilgeek - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan, Alaska, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Yellow Finn! Pretty decent yields with a delicious taste. I always have a space in my garden for this potato!

Reviewed on 12/26/2005 by goodolboy - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Cocke, Tennessee, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
In a head to head trial, between Yukon Gold, Yellow Finn and German Butterball, with as close to exact growing conditions as we could provide, we found the Yellow Finn to be nearly identical in yield to the Yukon Gold, but both were quite low per foot of row planted at the same seed spacing compared to the German Butterball (see GBB review), which in turn was lower in yield than our other staple potatoes. The seed germinated decently, plants were easy to tend, the average tuber size of the 100 largest YF tubers we grew that year was 3.00 oz. compared to 3.04 oz for the GBB. The Yukons were considerably heavier on average, but fewer in number than either the GBB or the YF, the average size difference being so marked that I didn't even weigh the Yukons, as the primary purpose that I had for growing the Finns at the time was to find something that was significantly higher yielding and potentially more marketable than the Yukons, and this was not the case, and although the Finn was actually slightly higher, the 2 were very close in overall yield. I cannot speak to storage, as we found the taste to be a little less to our liking than that of the Yukon Gold, so they were all given away after a few taste tests yielded the same results. The overall physical appearance of the Finn tubers was quite good. Since in our experience with 10+ years of growing the Yukons, there was nothing really compellingly better about the Yellow Finn, it suffered only by comparison. Strictly on it's own merits, it's a good potato. I'm still looking for a much better yielding yellow flesh potato that has the other attributes of the Yukon, most notably being ease of growing, long storage capability, an equal or better taste and versatility of use.

Reviewed on 12/01/2005 by Joachim - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Yellow Finn is one of the best tasting potatoes in the world and fairly easy to grow, although it does best in the North Pacific region. More flavor and better texture when compared to Yukon Gold, also a good storage variety.