Available from July through April, this golden potato, known as the the Yukon Gold, is commonly used in many homemade dishes. Kingston’s Yukon Gold potatoes make excellent french fries and are great served mashed. These potatoes are slightly flat and oval in shape with light gold, thin skin and buttery yellow flesh.

When picking out a Yukon Gold, the more intense the yellow color of the flesh is, the higher the vitamin A levels it contains. This vitamin rich offering promotes good vision, healthy skin, and improved immune systems. The best part is, you will never have to peel potatoes again… because the peel contains vital amounts of potassium for your body.

Yellow-fleshed potatoes are common in Europe and South America. In fact, yellow flesh potatoes are actually considered the norm in most countries outside North America; so naturally, immigrants to North America were accustomed to and preferred potatoes with yellow flesh. The Youkon Gold was developed by the University of Guelph in Canada by potato breeder Dr. Gary Johnston and was sponsored by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, a research team who succeeded in cross-breeding a North American white potato with a wild South American yellow-fleshed variety. The result was the Yukon Gold, the first Canadian-bred potato to be marketed and promoted by name.

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