A GUIDE TO potatoes
• DUTCH CREAM – great for mash, makes soft creamy baked potatoes, not suitable for frying
• DESIREE – has high water content, great for frying and refrying, makes crispy baked potatoes
• KING EDWARD – the classic English roast potato – crispy outside, soft creamy inside
• KIPFLER – favoured among potato lovers, amazing taste, especially the skin (scrub clean with brush under water), holds shape well, not suitable for mash.
• KESTREL – has white skin and purple eyes with a traditional flavour, good all rounder particularly good for chips and roast spuds
• NICOLA – great tasting gorgeous yellow flesh, holds shape well, not suitable for mash; this is a low GI potato, something of a miracle
• OTWAY RED – A good all-rounder with a delicious red flesh
• PONTIAC – has high water content, great for frying and refrying, makes crispy baked potatoes
• SEBAGO – the popular all rounder

A GUIDE TO apples
There are literally hundreds of varieties of apples ranging from big and floury to tiny and crisp. During the 2008 apple season, the co-op stocked the following varieties.
• GALA (Royal Gala) – a sweet, medium-sized apple with a crisp, dense texture. (February-May)
• GRANNY SMITH – a great cooking apple, with its high acid content, has a bright green skin and a firm, juicy texture. (March-September)
• GOLDEN DELICIOUS – a medium/large apple with a pale green/yellow coloured skin, has a sweet smell and flavour, great for eating fresh or for cooking. (April-July)
• FUJI – a medium to large dull red apple with a firm texture. Fujis have a high water and sugar content, making them juicy and honey-sweet. Great fresh, or in stews or bakes. (April-August)
• JONATHAN – a medium-sized striped red apple, sweet and full of acidity, with a tough but smooth skin. A good eating and keeping apple. (July-September)
• PINK LADY – a medium-sized apple with yellow/pink skin, crisp, sweet-tasting, ideal raw. (May-August)
• CROFTON – a medium to large apple with yellowish green skin and a reddish pink blush. Mildly sweet flesh. Good for fresh eating, cooking, freezing, drying. An excellent keeper. (August-September)

When stored at a cool temperature, apples should keep for a month.