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science_fox wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 8:44 pm How much of that is variation within the variety though (eg how big are the error bars of shape and colour)?

Tis fun though - I like the stripey ones (are they stripey coloured inside like carrots and beetroots??) but the lumpy ones would be impossible to peal.

science_fox wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 8:44 pm How much of that is variation within the variety though (eg how big are the error bars of shape and colour)?

science_fox wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 8:44 pm Tis fun though - I like the stripey ones (are they stripey coloured inside like carrots and beetroots??) but the lumpy ones would be impossible to peal.

The article wrote:There is even a maddeningly knobbly potato known as pusi qhachun wachachi, whose name literally means “make your daughter-in-law cry”, as it has frustrated so many prospective wives who have tried to pass the test of trying to peel it.

science_fox wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 8:44 pm Tis fun though - I like the stripey ones (are they stripey coloured inside like carrots and beetroots??) but the lumpy ones would be impossible to peal.

The article wrote:There is even a maddeningly knobbly potato known as pusi qhachun wachachi, whose name literally means “make your daughter-in-law cry”, as it has frustrated so many prospective wives who have tried to pass the test of trying to peel it.

Fishnut wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:21 pm While not as diverse (I suspect) as the Peruvian potatoes, there are a lot of varieties local to the UK. And you can get up close and personal with them at one of the Potato Days going on next year. I've not been before but I know Pennards Plants who are one of the organisers and they are a great nursery so they might be worth checking out. I'm going to try and get to the one in Bristol.

Fishnut wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:21 pm While not as diverse (I suspect) as the Peruvian potatoes, there are a lot of varieties local to the UK. And you can get up close and personal with them at one of the Potato Days going on next year. I've not been before but I know Pennards Plants who are one of the organisers and they are a great nursery so they might be worth checking out. I'm going to try and get to the one in Bristol.

Fishnut wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:57 am They are all seed potatoes and I'll definitely be keeping a few back if they're successful. Happy to share the wealth

The Search for Esiah's Seeds
The Food Programme

Dan Saladino tells the story Esiah Levy who shared seeds and changed lives.

It all started with a squash. Soon after he started to grow his own food he cut open a particularly delicious variety and discovered hundreds of seeds inside. He felt compelled to share them with people so they could enjoy the same experience. So began a mission to encourage anyone who would listen, where ever they lived, whatever their background, to grow their own food.

In his spare time and using allotments and his mother’s garden he grew food, built a seed bank and sent seeds around the world through . He created a project called SeedShare to distribute the varieties he selected, from corn to pumpkins, tomatoes to beans to fellow gardeners around the world, He also made friends with other seed savers including Vivien Sansour, a Palestinian woman who had created a seed library to save disappearing crops on the West Bank.

When Esiah Levy passed away suddenly and tragically young at the beginning of this year, Vivien set out to find out what had happened to the seeds he had shared and who had planted them.

Produced and presented by Dan Saladino.

jimbob wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:04 pm

Fishnut wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:57 am They are all seed potatoes and I'll definitely be keeping a few back if they're successful. Happy to share the wealth

Slightly off topic, but I thought this was a really moving story on the BBC Radio4 food programme:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007b4c

The Search for Esiah's Seeds
The Food Programme

Dan Saladino tells the story Esiah Levy who shared seeds and changed lives.

It all started with a squash. Soon after he started to grow his own food he cut open a particularly delicious variety and discovered hundreds of seeds inside. He felt compelled to share them with people so they could enjoy the same experience. So began a mission to encourage anyone who would listen, where ever they lived, whatever their background, to grow their own food.

In his spare time and using allotments and his mother’s garden he grew food, built a seed bank and sent seeds around the world through . He created a project called SeedShare to distribute the varieties he selected, from corn to pumpkins, tomatoes to beans to fellow gardeners around the world, He also made friends with other seed savers including Vivien Sansour, a Palestinian woman who had created a seed library to save disappearing crops on the West Bank.

When Esiah Levy passed away suddenly and tragically young at the beginning of this year, Vivien set out to find out what had happened to the seeds he had shared and who had planted them.

Produced and presented by Dan Saladino.

Fishnut wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:37 pm There are still lots of potato days to go. They're mostly around the south and south-west