Next Year's spuds and onions ordered

We've placed our order for next year from Thompson and Morgan.

We've opted for these potato varieties:

Potato 'Kestrel' - 10 seed potatoes (Second Earlies)

Potato 'Orla' - 10 seed potatoes (First Earlies) We found these to be good for mash and baking too this year

Potato 'Belana' - 5 seed potatoes (First Earlies) These should produce lots of small new potatoes

And we've ordered the following onions and shallots:

Onion 'Santero' F1 Hybrid - This is an early cropper which is apparently resistant to downy mildew

Shallot 'Golden Gourmet' - Our favourites for making pickled onions They won't arrive until Jan-mid-May. We've ordered less than we've had this year, as they just keep going on for too long really. We got a bit fed up with the new potatoes this year and it's a shame to let them grow big. We've still got a Congo and a Kestrel plant in the ground at the plot at the moment. We're really hoping the onions will be happier next year so that we get a full season without them succombing to mildew...