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  • #1

    Lumper potatoes

    Will will be on sale in Marks & Spencer for 2 weeks in the run-up to St Patrick's Day on 17 March.

    Worth having a taste perhaps???

    BBC News - Antrim farmer revives Irish famine potato
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France
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    The name doesn't make it sound very appealing. Interesting though.

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    • #3
      Is that the one which was catastrophically struck down by blight, with the resultant crop failure causing the starvation of hundreds of thousands? If so, I might give it a miss.
      Last edited by Hazel at the Hill; 05-03-2013, 12:40 AM.

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      • #4
        That's the one Hazel and it happened for a number of years. I really can't see the point of putting this variety back on the market.

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        • #5
          Probably so the "amateur grower" can be blamed for spreading blight around the shop again?

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          • #6
            Apparently it's very tasty!
            ...maybe in a few years they can cross it successfully with a blight resistant variety producing something which actually is tasty and doesn't turn to gloop when cooked?
            "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

            Location....Normandy France

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View Post
              I really can't see the point of putting this variety back on the market.
              Surely by that yardstick all non blight resistant varieties should be taken off the market,or am I missing something here
              He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

              Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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              • #8
                BB, the failure of this particular variety caused the deaths of many thousands of people. I'm making no comment about any other varieties, the failure of this particular variety was disastrous and is well recorded.

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                • #9
                  AP,I thought the deaths were brought about because of starvation,because the crop failed & it was not only a large part of the basic diet but also a major export item,with no spuds to eat or to export there was no income & so a viscous circle ensued.
                  He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                  Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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                  • #10
                    BB yes correct

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                    • #11
                      Given my brief surmise is accepted as generally correct,surely any variety sown in that location at that time that was prone to blight,would have had the same general outcome.
                      He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                      Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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