Gold Rush Russet - Organic

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Solanum tuberosum
Mid-season, russeted skin, white flesh.

You’ll feel rich when you start filling your crates with these hulking tubers. A perfect baking potato, and it fries up like a champ, too.

The discovery of a gold deposit in Coloma, CA, brought 300,000 people to California from 1848 to 1855. We don’t expect quite that many people to rush for this potato, but it deserves our enthusiasm for its good flavor and reliably high yields.

Russets can be fussy in our humid climate, but Gold Rush performs even in wet years or poor soils. Plant at wide spacing to allow tubers to grow to their full potential.

1992 North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station release. Uniform, smooth and resistant to hollow heart. Good resistance to scab. Susceptible to blights and fusarium.

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ships in spring

This item is certified organic

7040 Gold Rush Russet - Organic

B: 2.0 lb

$8.44

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C: 10.0 lb

$27.00

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E: 45.0 lb

$74.25

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Quick Details

Skin Color: russeted
Flesh Color: white
Shape: oblong
Yield: high
Storage Potential: good
Scab Resistance: good
Texture: dry, floury
Harvest Season: mid-season

Compare

Compare with other Russet Potatoes

Variety	Skin Color	Flesh Color	Shape	Yield	Storage Potential	Scab Resistance	Texture	Harvest Season
Caribou Russet Organic	russeted	white	long	medium-high	excellent	moderate	dry, floury	mid
Gold Rush Russet Organic	russeted	white	oblong	high	good	good	dry, floury	mid
Russet Burbank Organic	russeted	white	long	high	excellent	high	dry, floury	very late
Caribou Russet	russeted	white	long	medium-high	excellent	moderate	dry, floury	mid
Russet Burbank Organic	tan	white	long	high	excellent	high	dry, floury	very late

Shipping

For orders placed by February 21, 2025, this item will ship on our regular shipping schedule, starting in late March with the warmest states and finishing by early May. Orders placed after February 21, 2025 will be shipped later, and in the order in which they were received. We cannot ship this item any earlier; we regret that we cannot honor any requests to do so.

Additional Information

Seed Potatoes Solanum tuberosum

One pound of seed will usually plant 5–8 row feet, depending on the variety; 10# will usually plant 50 row feet.

Early potatoes mature in 65-80 days.
Midseason potatoes mature in 80-90 days
Late potatoes mature in more than 90 days

See Growing Potatoes for more information.