Goldrush Potatoes | Gurney's Seed & Nursery Co.

Goldrush Potato

Versatile and Fine Flavored

Oblong, blocky tubers with excellent flavor
Golden-russet skins with white flesh
Very shallow eyes
Medium thigh yields
Resistant thollow heart and scab
Stores well
Certified seed potatoes

Main. Long, russet-skinned spuds are good baked, boiled or fried! Goldrush has excellent flavor and extremely white flesh that maintains its color even after cooking. Stores well. Resistant to hollow heart, verticillium wilt and scab.

Product Details

Botanical Name: Solanum tuberosum 'Goldrush'; Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)
Height: 20 inches.
Spacing: 12-15 inches apart and 30 to 36 inches between rows.
Depth: 3 to 5 inches deep.
Spread: 18 - 24 inches.
Light Required: Full sun.
Yield: Medium to high yields.
Foliage: Green foliage.
Fruit: Oblong and blocky tubers, with medium heavy golden-russet skin. Tuber flesh is white and eyes are shallow and well distributed.
Days To Maturity: 80 - 100 days to maturity. Main season potato .
Zone: 3 - 9 annual.

Form: Annual. Vine: Medium to large, slightly upright vine with light red-purple flowers.
Soil Requirements: Fertile, well-drained sandy loam soil. pH 4.8 - 5.4 Will grow in higher pH but sometimes become scabby.
Growth Rate: Medium growth rate.
Seed Count: 2 lbs. of seed potatoes will make approximately 10 - 15 potato sets when cut.
Comments: Resistant to Hollow heart, scab and black spot bruising; oblong/blocky to long, russet-skinned, very white flesh. Has excellent flavor and extremely white flesh both before and after cooking.

Shipping

Most times, orders having items with different shipping schedules are held in full until the entire order is ready to ship based on your grow zone.

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping timeframes outlined below. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August.

2019 Spring Shipping Schedule
ZONE	Potatoes
1A-4A	3/25/19 - 6/14/19
4B	3/25/19 - 6/14/19
5A	3/4/19 - 6/14/19
5B	3/4/19 - 6/14/19
6A	3/4/19 - 6/14/19
6B	3/4/19 - 6/14/19
7A	2/25/19 - 6/14/19
7B	2/25/19 - 6/14/19
8A & B	2/18/19 - 6/14/19
9A & B	2/11/19 - 6/14/19
10A & B	2/11/19 - 6/14/19
Last Order Date	6/10/2019

Additional Shipping Notes:

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your orders via the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. Large orders or large items may be shipped to you in multiple packages.

Sorry, we cannot ship products to Hawaii, Alaska, APO/FPO or outside the contiguous United States. Please provide a street address as some products are unable to be delivered to Post Office boxes.