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Yukon Gem

seed potatoes
$5.63
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Item: 7119-B
$12.75
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Item: 7119-C
$29.25
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Item: 7119-E
Early season, yellow skin, yellow flesh. A modern take on old familiar Yukon Gold, with higher yields and better PVY and scab resistances. Stocked with the latest in plant-vigor innovation, the Gem seems to be surpassing its predecessor in popularity.

In 2006, plant pathologists from the Agricultural Research Service in Aberdeen, Idaho, deemed Yukon Gem ready for the fresh market because of its determined resistance to costly infections of late blight and dry rot. Matures about 10 days later than Yukon Gold, but worth the wait.

Yukon is from a contraction of the words in the Gwich’in phrase chųų gąįį han, which means ‘white water river’ and refers to the pale color of glacial runoff in the Yukon River. PVP. Late Blight Resistant. Indigenous Royalties.

Indigenous Royalties.

Supplier Transparency:
? Family-owned companies or cooperatives, domestic and foreign
ships in spring

Also Available As

Yukon Gem
organic seed potatoes
ships in spring
Quick Details
Skin Color
yellow
Flesh Color
yellow
Shape
round-oblong
Yield
high
Storage Potential
good
Scab Resistance
high
Texture
firm, creamy
Harvest Season
early season
Indigenous Royalties
Yes
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Compare with other Yellow Potatoes

Variety Skin Color Flesh Color Shape Yield Storage Potential Scab Resistance Texture Harvest Season
Satina
Organic 		yellow yellow round high excellent high firm, moist early to mid
Yukon Gem
Organic 		yellow yellow round-oblong high good high firm, creamy early
Yukon Gold
Organic 		buff yellow oval medium excellent moderate firm, fluffy very early
Carola
Organic 		yellow yellow oblong high good high firm, moist mid
Keuka Gold
Organic 		buff light yellow oblong high good high firm, moist mid
Soraya
Organic 		yellow yellow oval high good high firm, moist mid
Natascha
Organic 		yellow yellow oblong high good high waxy early
German Butterball
Organic 		lightly russeted yellow yellow oblong medium-high excellent good dry, medium-dry late
Lehigh
Organic 		yellow light yellow round medium-high excellent good waxy mid to late
Natascha yellow yellow oblong high good high waxy early
Yukon Gem yellow yellow round-oblong high good high firm, creamy early
Yukon Gold buff yellow oval medium excellent moderate firm, fluffy very early
Keuka Gold buff light yellow oblong high good high firm, moist mid
Nicola yellow deep yellow long-oval medium-high good good waxy mid
Soraya yellow yellow oval high good high firm, moist mid
German Butterball lightly russeted yellow yellow oblong medium-high excellent good dry, medium-dry late
Lehigh yellow light yellow round medium-high excellent good waxy mid to late
Shipping

For orders placed by February 20, 2026, 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 20, 2026 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.