Yukon Gold Potato
- Type: annual vegetable
- Planting time: in early spring as soon as soil is workable
- Features: tubers with gold, buttery-tasting flesh
- Height: 18 to 28 inches
- Light: full sun
- Soil: fertile, well-drained
- Spacing: 10 to 15 inches
- Garden use: kitchen gardens, vegetable gardens, herb gardens, containers
- Culinary use: baking, mashing, steaming, boiling, frying
If you’re an affirmed potato lover and have never tasted a homegrown potato, you definitely need to grow some—and Yukon Gold is the perfect potato to try. A favorite among chefs, Yukon Gold is a disease-resistant variety with smooth, thin, golden skin and gold flesh. Homegrown Yukon Gold potatoes are moist and buttery tasting. You can easily count on them as an all-purpose potato. They make outstanding mashed potatoes, but also offer an excellent choice for steaming, frying, boiling, and baking. Tubers mature quickly and store well through winter.
The yellow flesh has a higher Vitamin A content than white potatoes, which means Yukon Gold potatoes help improve your immune system, eyesight, and skin. Thin peels make Yukon Gold a great potato to eat unpeeled. The peels are high in potassium, which reduces stroke risk.
Some Bonnie Plants varieties may not be available at your local stores, as we select and sell varieties best suited to the growing conditions in each region.
