RE: Hello, potatoes
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:50:59 -0800
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Allan wrote:
> There is a lot to be said for these old potatoes if your life
depends
> on having some crop in spite of all that nature can throw at you.
> If you can mic them up in small patches that helps confuse the
enemies.
> See the notes about this on a website
> http://www.futurefoods.com section in leaflet about Potatoes Go
Home, but have a good browse anyway.
> There is a new potato around which seems to have a lot going for
it.
> Name Charlotte. I shall be trialling that this year.
> I remember growing an early variety during the forties called
Early
> Rose when we had food rationing. We ate them cold almost like
sweets.
> I suppose that has disappeared as I have never met it since.
> Allan
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Momma always said that you could live on potatoes if ya needed to,
and they did. I just love how versatile they are.
Excellent, good idea, plant the varieties together, makes great
sense. I will have to check out that site when I have more time
thanks...
Seed Blum has Early Rose listed in their catalogue. Say's it's been
around for over 100 years, prolific, pink skin, oblong shaped, deep
eyes and very early variety. Now I want some too... :-)
They have an on-line site (new) at
http://www.seedsblum.com
Most Sincerely,
~Carleen~
Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
Rainier, Oregon ~ Zone 8
