Description

Each set includes 15 pre-nuclear seed tubers.

Huckleberry Gold is a mid-season specialty potato developed through traditional breeding, producing small, round to oval tubers with striking purple skin and rich yellow flesh. It is prized for its creamy texture, buttery flavor, and excellent culinary versatility, performing well for boiling, roasting, baking, and mashing.

What sets Huckleberry Gold apart is its scientifically verified low glycemic index of 53, tested and certified by the Glycemic Index Foundation. In comparison, many common potato types fall significantly higher on the glycemic scale: russets average around 111, reds around 89, and whites around 82 (with the average potato range typically between 70–90). This lower glycemic response means Huckleberry Gold digests more slowly and produces a steadier blood sugar response.

Per 100g (boiled, skin-on), Huckleberry Gold provides approximately 87 calories, 20g carbohydrates, 2g fiber, 2g protein, and minimal fat (<0.1g), along with naturally occurring vitamin C, potassium, and vitamin B6. This nutritional profile, combined with its lower glycemic impact, has made it increasingly popular among health-conscious consumers and individuals managing blood sugar levels.

Customer feedback and field experience continue to reinforce its value as a functional food. Many diabetics and pre-diabetics report that Huckleberry Gold allows them to enjoy potatoes without the sharp glucose spikes commonly associated with other varieties. It has become especially popular among those seeking both flavor and dietary balance.

Beyond its nutritional profile, Huckleberry Gold is valued for its dependable yields, attractive appearance, and strong disease resistance, including resistance to common scab and verticillium wilt. Its combination of taste, performance, and nutritional advantages has made it one of the most distinctive and in-demand specialty potatoes available today.

• Disease resistance: Common scab, verticillium wilt
• Culinary uses: Boiling, roasting, baking, mashing
• Tuber size: Medium
• Yields: High
• Storage: Good
• Maturity season: Mid (80+ days)
• Skin color: Purple
• Flesh color: Yellow

We are nestled in the Kittitas valley just east of the Cascade Mountains – making shipping difficult at times. If it gets below 32F at night, we will postpone shipping your order. We use a quick reference weather map to help us determine the weather along the route our freight companies use to deliver to you. We do offer winter boxes to ship your perishables. These only hold 10 pounds and will not be shipped if the temperatures dip below 0F at the farm or en route to you.

Unless otherwise specified*, all orders ship UPS ground (average 3-7 business days). Storms and other natural forces may delay your order mid transit.

UPS routes are as follows:

• WA, OR, CA, AZ, NM will follow the I5 corridor south
• TX, OK, UT, CO will be sent to Utah and dispersed there
• All other states will follow I90 through North Dakota and be dispersed in Chicago. If it is freezing along that route, your order will be delayed.

If you would like your perishables shipped later, please call the office to have us split your order for you. *Additional shipping charges may occur. If you do not wish to split your order you have two options: email customerservice@irisheyesgardenseeds.com requesting to ship regardless of temperatures or purchase a winter box for your perishables. Please note that we will not ship winter boxes if it is below zero en route to you.

*For orders under 11 pounds, we will only ship USPS. Orders between 11.1 and 100 pounds will ship UPS Ground. If your order weighs more than 100 pounds, please contact customerservice@irisheyesgardenseeds.com as you may qualify for our Market Grower program.

Farming is not guaranteed. Occasionally crop failures or other factors happen that may reduce our yields. When this happens we will need to contact you to find a substitute item or refund you.

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