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11-04-2006, 11:23 AM
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pink fir apple potatoes
The Reid wrote:
Following up to Chris Bacon [Heritage Potatoes] Has some information - these were imported (from ?) around 1850, thereafter I assume grown here. my potato book says parentage unknown, only grown in UK. It would probably be a cross or freak of the few early varieties grown? Dunno. The RHS says "introduced before 1850". Perhaps the gardeners will know where PFA pots. come from. |
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11-04-2006, 12:24 PM
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My potato book says 'origin France 1850'.
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11-04-2006, 03:41 PM
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Chris Bacon wrote:
The Reid wrote: Following up to Chris Bacon [Heritage Potatoes] Has some information - these were imported (from ?) around 1850, thereafter I assume grown here. my potato book says parentage unknown, only grown in UK. It would probably be a cross or freak of the few early varieties grown? Dunno. The RHS says "introduced before 1850". Perhaps the gardeners will know where PFA pots. come from. They're very like some of the ancestral varieties they grow in the Andes. I've never been there, sad to say, but I imagine most people have seen those marvellous photos of Andean markets with all the different shapes and colours of potatoes on display. Long may they continue, without interference from the big seed companies! Not the best example, but this shows what I mean: http://tinyurl.com/o7axj or: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...UTF-8%26sa%3DG -- Mike. |
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11-04-2006, 03:50 PM
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Mike Lyle wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote: The Reid wrote: Following up to Chris Bacon [Heritage Potatoes] Has some information - these were imported (from ?) around 1850, thereafter I assume grown here. my potato book says parentage unknown, only grown in UK. It would probably be a cross or freak of the few early varieties grown? Dunno. The RHS says "introduced before 1850". Perhaps the gardeners will know where PFA pots. come from. They're very like some of the ancestral varieties they grow in the Andes. I've never been there, sad to say, but I imagine most people have seen those marvellous photos of Andean markets with all the different shapes and colours of potatoes on display. Long may they continue, without interference from the big seed companies! Not the best example, but this shows what I mean: http://tinyurl.com/o7axj or: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...UTF-8%26sa%3DG And some are just amazing potatoes, too. One turns your mouth blue or purple. |
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11-04-2006, 06:51 PM
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... They're very like some of the ancestral varieties they grow in the Andes. I've never been there, sad to say, but I imagine most people have seen those marvellous photos of Andean markets with all the different shapes and colours of potatoes on display. Long may they continue, without interference from the big seed companies! Not the best example, but this shows what I mean: http://tinyurl.com/o7axj Oh my! |
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