Row 7 Upstate Abundance Organic Potatoes 20lb

Second-generation potato breeder Walter De Jong knows a winning potato when he sees one. Which is why, when he first spotted trial “NY150” among his field plots in 2004, he immediately took note. Walter’s goal at the time was to breed a more resilient potato, one that was high yielding and resistant to a variety of diseases plaguing potato growers in the Northeast. Walking the rows, Walter was surprised to discover one experimental line that yielded an unexpected bonus: an abundance of naturally small, golf-ball-sized potatoes with bright white flesh. By conventional market standards at the time, they were a little too small, but Walter thought that NY150 was something worth pursuing—a suspicion confirmed when he first tasted it. Over the years, still deemed “unmarketable,” NY150 earned a quiet cult following, first within Walter's lab, and then beyond. Growers praised its uncommon size, and chefs coveted its exceptionally creamy texture and nutty flavor. Today, the renamed “Upstate Abundance” remains Walter’s favorite eating potato.