On Jul 15, 1:41*pm, "Loosecanon" wrote:
Eastern states companies could sell 100 different varities none would get
past quarantine into WA. The AG department and the Potato Marketing board
have it sown up.

Too true. It's pretty hard to get anything across the WA border if
you've got Solanaceae on or near your property (if you're honest
enough to tell them) let alone the potatoes themselves. There's only
really a handful of varieties that make up the bulk of potatoes sold.
The other varieties are not competitive as a 'supermarket' food crop
and are only available through smaller suppliers. I suspect, as is
the case with most of the smaller plant suppliers, it's not worth the
money and effort to get the more obscure varieties past WAQIS when the
eastern market will sustain their business.