Kitchen

[Imaoldhippie]

As far as russet potatoes they were dark brown skin, oblong and large.  Preferred for baking, but could be used any old way.

[PinkyPetunia]

I am in NJ and was shopping this morning.  I saw bags of eastern all purpose potatoes.  They are round, not oblong.  

[Sooner]

New Potatoes are really small red potatoes harvested before they reach maturity.  If they are larger than that they are simply red potatoes--the waxy potatoes that were in stores before Yukon Gold (now sometimes "yellow" potatoes) came on the market.

Back in the day, Russets and Red potatoes and sweet potatoes/yams were all that was in the store.  

[RollTide2008]

My market usually calls them russets when they're bagged up.  When they're loose and sold by the pount, they're usually called baking potatoes.

[chrystaltree]

I call them brown potatoes but I think my mom called them baking potatoes.

[Yahooey]

i call them Russet potato

i think of baking potato as a cooking method

the grocery guy was being *^&%#$

[Othereeeen]

How old was "the manager"?

Maybe the only potatoes he's ever eaten came out of a window in a cardboard box!!!!

[lovescats]

but if they are in the store's cash register as baking potatoes the store manager probably can't override it.  that is probably done at the home office

was there a potato category with different subtitles like peppers have