Grow And Cook Your Own Potatoes Fresh From The Vegetable PatchFirst Earlies If planted in Autumn they will be ready to harvest within 10 12 weeks. Also has a good all round tolerance to diseases to Common Scab and Blackleg. a waxy type potato, great for boiling and for salads.This favoured first early variety of potato will provide you with a hefty crop of short white skinned Potatoes with a pure white tasty flesh.