I grew Iochief and Double Standard last year, both old time varieties (su). We used to eat lots of Iochief when I was a kid, but it was straight from the garden always. For me now, it was a total bust because we didn’t have time to eat them right away after picking and they were completely turned to starch in the refridgerator when we did get to eating it.
I got some Northern Xtra Sweet and Gurney’s Gotta Have It this year. Both are sh2 varieties, so the super-sweet stuff. Northern Xtra Sweet is a short season (67 days) and Gotta Have It is a normal season (~78? days) variety.
I am going to try planting the Northern Xtra Sweet soon, as it is supposed to be more tolerant of cool soil temperatures than other sh2 varieties. Yesterday’s 4 in soil temp was around 55 degrees on the ISU Extensions’ site.