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Interesting ABC Landline program last Sunday on Potatoes and itbeing
Internatinal Year of the Potatoe. About 1,700 varieties exists. Podcast from ABc if interested. Very informative about potatoes role to solve hunger. china apparently double production last year and becamethe worlds biggest produce,with Russia now second. Interesting question; where did the spud originate from? |
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"terryc" wrote in message news Interesting ABC Landline program last Sunday on Potatoes and itbeing Internatinal Year of the Potatoe. About 1,700 varieties exists. Podcast from ABc if interested. Very informative about potatoes role to solve hunger. china apparently double production last year and becamethe worlds biggest produce,with Russia now second. Interesting question; where did the spud originate from? More interesting why do they only seem to sell 4 varieties in WA and persist in selling crap Nadine variety. More work should have been done to increase the yields and strength of Delaware. We have a Royal Blue variety which is excellent but you have to use them within a week or they sprout. The supply line of these isn't that crash hot either where some weeks marble sized potatoes hit the shelves. Now I know they grow sebago here but never ever do these get sold in fruit & veg shops. I wonder where they go to. I guess the Potato Marketing board has it all tied up. Meanwhile we dip out on decent white potatoes. |
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g'day terry,
was an interesting program hey? potato's where developed by those southern american natives of peru or brazil where ever, that is why they have this research centre situated there. interesting how many varieties they seem to regularly grow in those countries, yet in our country we grow maybe a handfull of varieties for general consumption. On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:40:24 +1000, terryc wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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"Loosecanon" wrote in message
... "terryc" wrote in message news Interesting question; where did the spud originate from? south america, along with their relative the tomato. loosecanon More interesting why do they only seem to sell 4 varieties in WA and persist in selling crap Nadine variety. More work should have been done to increase the yields and strength of Delaware. there are literally thousands of potato cultivars out there. as with other "supermarket" veg, commercial growers tend towards a handful of varieties only, to suit supermarket purposes (ripening time, transportation, long storage etc). further to your comment on nadines, different potatoes cook best in different ways (find yourself a list). there is personal preference & there is right cooking method for the type - there aren't really any "bad" potatoes. i'm pretty sure desiree & pontiac sell so well commercially because they are all-purpose & you can't really go wrong with them. diggers club (no doubt, amongst others) is promoting more potato types every year for home growers, so try them. iirc they sell perhaps 15 kinds (which is still only the tip of the iceberg). We have a Royal Blue variety which is excellent but you have to use them within a week or they sprout. The supply line of these isn't that crash hot either where some weeks marble sized potatoes hit the shelves. see above - not everything is suitable for mass commercial sale. Now I know they grow sebago here but never ever do these get sold in fruit & veg shops. I wonder where they go to. I guess the Potato Marketing board has it all tied up. Meanwhile we dip out on decent white potatoes. in nsw you can't get away from bloody sebagos! which are not at all my personal preference. however, they're pretty good in & of themselves - they keep growing in one patch of my garden despite all my efforts, so from that pov i can't fault them ;-) if you really like sebagos, get some seed potatoes & go for it! or move to nsw g. kylie |
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"0tterbot" wrote in message ... "Loosecanon" wrote in message ... "terryc" wrote in message news Interesting question; where did the spud originate from? south america, along with their relative the tomato. loosecanon More interesting why do they only seem to sell 4 varieties in WA and persist in selling crap Nadine variety. More work should have been done to increase the yields and strength of Delaware. there are literally thousands of potato cultivars out there. as with other "supermarket" veg, commercial growers tend towards a handful of varieties only, to suit supermarket purposes (ripening time, transportation, long storage etc). further to your comment on nadines, different potatoes cook best in different ways (find yourself a list). there is personal preference & there is right cooking method for the type - there aren't really any "bad" potatoes. i'm pretty sure desiree & pontiac sell so well commercially because they are all-purpose & you can't really go wrong with them. diggers club (no doubt, amongst others) is promoting more potato types every year for home growers, so try them. iirc they sell perhaps 15 kinds (which is still only the tip of the iceberg). We have a Royal Blue variety which is excellent but you have to use them within a week or they sprout. The supply line of these isn't that crash hot either where some weeks marble sized potatoes hit the shelves. see above - not everything is suitable for mass commercial sale. Now I know they grow sebago here but never ever do these get sold in fruit & veg shops. I wonder where they go to. I guess the Potato Marketing board has it all tied up. Meanwhile we dip out on decent white potatoes. in nsw you can't get away from bloody sebagos! which are not at all my personal preference. however, they're pretty good in & of themselves - they keep growing in one patch of my garden despite all my efforts, so from that pov i can't fault them ;-) if you really like sebagos, get some seed potatoes & go for it! or move to nsw g. kylie 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. Royal Blues are not sold as certified potatoes. The Delaware they sell are not the same as 30 years ago, I reckon there was a sneaky cross sometime. As for moving to Sydney nah.... The Landline story was interesting as the Peruvians grow these spuds at 3000 ft above sea level. Not many potato grows at that altitude here. |
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"Loosecanon" wrote in message
"0tterbot" wrote in message ;-) if you really like sebagos, get some seed potatoes & go for it! or move to nsw g. As for moving to Sydney nah.... "Move to nsw" does not mean the same as "move to Sydney" As a rural New South Wales rural dweller, I feel very ticked off to have my State reduced in status to equate with that boring cesspool located on the central NSW coastline. |
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:06:55 +1000, FarmI wrote:
"Move to nsw" does not mean the same as "move to Sydney" As a rural New South Wales rural dweller, I feel very ticked off to have my State reduced in status to equate with that boring cesspool located on the central NSW coastline. N.S.W. = Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong don asbestos does the rest count /da V.B.G. The only thing that keeps me in S is money, or lack of it, |
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message ... "Loosecanon" wrote in message "0tterbot" wrote in message ;-) if you really like sebagos, get some seed potatoes & go for it! or move to nsw g. As for moving to Sydney nah.... "Move to nsw" does not mean the same as "move to Sydney" As a rural New South Wales rural dweller, I feel very ticked off to have my State reduced in status to equate with that boring cesspool located on the central NSW coastline. Oops my bad |
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"Loosecanon" wrote in message
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message "Loosecanon" wrote in message "0tterbot" wrote in message ;-) if you really like sebagos, get some seed potatoes & go for it! or move to nsw g. As for moving to Sydney nah.... "Move to nsw" does not mean the same as "move to Sydney" As a rural New South Wales rural dweller, I feel very ticked off to have my State reduced in status to equate with that boring cesspool located on the central NSW coastline. Oops my bad Glad you can see the errors of your ways. :-)) |
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"terryc" wrote in message
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:06:55 +1000, FarmI wrote: "Move to nsw" does not mean the same as "move to Sydney" As a rural New South Wales rural dweller, I feel very ticked off to have my State reduced in status to equate with that boring cesspool located on the central NSW coastline. N.S.W. = Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong Nah! It really means Nelligen, Stockinbingal, Wellington. don asbestos does the rest count /da V.B.G. Only if you want a decent conversation with people. My biggest problem when in Sydney is finding someone I can be bothered talking to. I have trouble finding Sydney people who actually 'do' things - busy, busy, busy all the ttime but not actually 'doing' anything other than what I would put into the category of 'socialising' and 'having fun'. There is only so much that can be meaningfully said about those activites before bordom sets in. The only thing that keeps me in S is money, or lack of it, Yeah. I can understand that, having been a wage slave for years. But then in the country it is surprising how little some people live on very happily and very successfully. Many years ago when I was earning $40K+/year (an upper middle bracket salary for that time) and probably wasting most of it, I found out that a couple that I knew were earning $11K. I couldn't understand how they made ends meet as they had recently built a house and had 3 children. I watched and learned. |
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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. |
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"Loosecanon" wrote in message
... 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. mm, that's a point. however, there must be local gardeners or seed companies who grow others & have been for decades, there simply must be! Royal Blues are not sold as certified potatoes. The Delaware they sell are not the same as 30 years ago, I reckon there was a sneaky cross sometime. As for moving to Sydney nah.... The Landline story was interesting as the Peruvians grow these spuds at 3000 ft above sea level. Not many potato grows at that altitude here. no but the potatoes we eat now have been extensively developed from the wild potato & have slightly different requirements most likely. however, speaking generally, they like altitude as apparently the various blights & problems they can have occur commonly at low altitudes. iirc(?!) certified seed potatoes are generally grown at a higher altitude because of this. kylie |
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In article ,
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: As a rural New South Wales rural dweller, I feel very ticked off to have my State reduced in status to equate with that boring cesspool located on the central NSW coastline. Ahem! Sydney is NOT a boring cesspool. You are thinking of the Legislative Assembly. But this is the wrong week to visit unless you are a young Catholic. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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In article ,
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: Only if you want a decent conversation with people. My biggest problem when in Sydney is finding someone I can be bothered talking to. I have trouble finding Sydney people who actually 'do' things - busy, busy, busy all the ttime but not actually 'doing' anything other than what I would put into the category of 'socialising' and 'having fun'. There is only so much that can be meaningfully said about those activites before bordom sets in. I've met them too, but I must say that none of them are librarians! Do you have relatives in banking or finance or something? They tend not to want to talk shop, for some reason... My friends tend to be in "Doing" professions like teaching and engineering. The only thing that keeps me in S is money, or lack of it, Yeah. I can understand that, having been a wage slave for years. But then in the country it is surprising how little some people live on very happily and very successfully. Well, in our case it's the prospect of ageing relatives (my Dad is still independent, but he turned 88 last week) and that my hubby will only ever be employed in either Sydney or Bleak City, and he'll never stop being a programmer -- it's his vocation, and not one that can be fulfilled outside of a major city. But we've always known these things, and that's why I have a large block (by Sydney standards, and given our other need for being less than half an hour from the city). It was one of the essential criteria for our house. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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"Chookie" wrote in message
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: As a rural New South Wales rural dweller, I feel very ticked off to have my State reduced in status to equate with that boring cesspool located on the central NSW coastline. Ahem! Sydney is NOT a boring cesspool. You are thinking of the Legislative Assembly. Nah, that's just an additional feature of the boring cesspool. But this is the wrong week to visit unless you are a young Catholic. Indeed. Such a scary sight. |
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