Jde. Yep Soil conditions are the thing. The Potato grower ( we drove truck for) Put in over 700 acres of spuds. Did crop rotation on the fields so when replanted a couple seasons later the ground was ready for more potato planting. He( the grower) used potatoes for seed at the years end from the warehouse, Man A Live. Iv'e eaten most every variety but found these spuds the best tasting for us. Orida bought most of his warehouse full of Russet Burbank every year. The grower told us to get the plain Russet Burbank, as there are a few different varietys of these,some type of genetically altered,or crossbred,or hybrid, (cant remember which)are alot different to grow and have different diseases to watch out for, but the standards are alot easier to grow,as he has done for years.Potato gowing is interesting, to say the least,alot to learn about,but have the grower,close friend, is only a few miles away if we have any questions,or problems.Nice to have good friends like this.What used to hurt our feeling was when we used to drive the trucks loading the potatoes for harvest,is to see the ones the harvestor missed. We used to go back after work to the fields and pick them up,(with his permission)used to get close to 500#'s in one small field that was missed,before they went out and disked them under.Sure would have been nice for the soup kitchens to use for the poor,instead of rotting away,but maybe some liability for the farmer to worry about.Appreciate the post JDE, Regards,LOU
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