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Biotechnology Solves Debate Over Origin Of European Potato
Science Daily ^
| 5-16-2007
| American Society of Agron
Posted on 05/18/2007 3:48:45 PM PDT by blam
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To: labette
Ah. Well, the potato came to Europe after Columbus...
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posted on
05/18/2007 6:24:41 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.)
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
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posted on
05/19/2007 9:48:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 18, 2007.)
To: Wheee The People
Maybe not fibbing, but they were definitely chiving us.
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posted on
05/19/2007 9:49:56 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 18, 2007.)
To: null and void; labette; Charles Henrickson
No, they floated, because all potatoes are tubers.
[rimshot!]
I sour cream ashore with my own eyes.
[rimshot!]
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posted on
05/19/2007 9:52:53 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: blam
Interesting. Never realized there was such a debate.
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posted on
05/19/2007 9:52:54 PM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: blam; SunkenCiv; All
........said Dr. David Spooner, co-author of the Crop Science study. Hmmmmmm........
Interesting........
But
IF Dr. David Spooner is in any way related to the Rev. William Archibald Spooner perhaps his conclusions are more that just a mite questionable.....
IMHO
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posted on
05/20/2007 12:02:35 AM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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To: Fiddlstix
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posted on
05/20/2007 5:56:02 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Here's apicture of a scalloped potato coming ashore:
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posted on
05/20/2007 7:29:38 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Who turned the clock? (Moved on or back) and what dark chill is gathering still before the storm?)
To: blam
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posted on
05/20/2007 7:36:52 AM PDT
by
beebuster2000
(choice is not not peace or war, but small war now, or big war later masquerading as peace now.)
To: null and void
Yukon gold it what you want... ;’)
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posted on
05/20/2007 7:38:48 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: blam
I can die happy knowing that this question has been answered.
To: blam
I’ve had my ‘eyes’ peeled on this half-baked potato controversy for years.
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posted on
05/20/2007 8:33:28 AM PDT
by
wildbill
To: null and void
That ain't no potato!
That's a tomato! (YOWZA!)
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posted on
05/20/2007 8:43:21 AM PDT
by
uglybiker
(relaxing in a cloud of quality, aromatic, pre-owned tobacco essence)
To: SunkenCiv
Good thing they're chipping away at these problems, since it seems the experts were tots wrong.
Tuber, or not tuber: that is not the question; but, rather, whether tis butter to hill, or to furrow. As for me, and my house, we tire and retire till the vine dieth upon the last straw.
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posted on
05/20/2007 8:57:52 AM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
To: uglybiker
You say tomato,
I say potato..
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posted on
05/20/2007 9:30:27 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Who turned the clock? (Moved on or back) and what dark chill is gathering still before the storm?)
To: ApplegateRanch
That’s clever! Do the tires help bump off pests?
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posted on
05/20/2007 9:31:31 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Who turned the clock? (Moved on or back) and what dark chill is gathering still before the storm?)
To: blam
you know my secret...you must dieee!
To: null and void
No, not really; but they do provide early season heat.
They save space, and also make hilling & harvesting easy: as the vine grows, add another tire to the stack, and start filling it with straw. No soil pressure on the developing taters, so they form better.
When the vines die, unstack & remove the straw for the compost pile or for tilling under, and the potatoes are right there for the taking.
Other people build slat-sided boxes to do the same thing, adding 1X6 or 1X8 boards to the box frames as the vines grow.
The tires are also good for squash & tomatoes, mainly for the extra heat they provide.
Several gardening books cover it.
It also keeps the tires out of land fills; and now that we get charged “disposal fees” for leaving the old tires at the shop when they’re replaced, we keep them instead, and put them to use.
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posted on
05/20/2007 10:00:23 AM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
To: null and void
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posted on
05/20/2007 10:43:59 AM PDT
by
norton
To: ModelBreaker
European swallows.
(Obligatory)
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posted on
05/20/2007 10:44:42 AM PDT
by
norton
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