No photo yet
Grown this variety? Add your own photograph — a moderator checks it before it appears.
open-pollinated
Aunt Gertie’s Gold
Also sold as: Aunt Gertie's Gold, Aunt Gerties Gold
Large gold potato-leaf heirloom beefsteak prized for exceptionally rich, fruity, sweet flavour and dense meaty flesh.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 454 g (340–907 g)
- Days to maturity
- 85 days (75–95)
- Sweetness
- Medium-high
- Flavour intensity
- Very high
- Productivity
- High
- Cracking resistance
- Medium
Researched variety data
Variety research
Audited facts from the variety record. Only recorded values are shown.
Researched variety data
Growing advice
- Containers
- Not for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Very large fruit and vigorous vines require strong support. Late-season performance is best with even moisture and adequate warmth.
Spotted something wrong or missing in the researched information above? Suggest a correction
Community evidence
Grower reviews
What members reported after growing this variety, kept separate from researched information.
Published reviews are community content — see our Terms of Use.
No grower reviews yet
Have you grown this variety? Share your experience to help other growers.
Similar varieties
Photographs
No verified photograph of this variety yet.
Photographs are checked by a moderator before they appear here.