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Kennebec is a medium- to late-maturing white potato. It was bred by the USDA and selected by Presque Isle Station, Maine, in 1941. Kennebec is not under plant variety protection. This fast-growing variety has high yields. It maintains good quality in storage [1] and is grown for both fresh market use and for potato chip manufacturing.
Kennebec: United States 1941 Kerr's Pink: Scotland 1907 Kestrel 1992 Keuka Gold King Edward: United Kingdom 1902 Kipfler: Germany [2] Kitaakari Japan 1987 [7] Kuhbauch Lady Balfour Lady Rosetta Langlade Laura: Austria 1998 Lenape: United States 1967 Lima Linda potato Was voted German "potato of the year 2007". [3] Linzer Blaue Linzer Delikatess
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The agricultural growing season has also expanded by 10–20 days over the last few decades. [20] The effects of season creep have been noted by non-scientists as well, including gardeners who have advanced their spring planting times, [21] and experimented with plantings of less hardy warmer climate varieties of non-native plants. [22]
More than 500 family farms across the state of Michigan harvest more than 20,000 acres of blueberry fields each year, making Michigan one of the largest blueberry-producing states.
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Map of average growing season length from "Geography of Ohio," 1923. A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight. The growing season is that portion of the year in which local conditions (i.e. rainfall, temperature, daylight) permit normal plant growth.
In 2014, many gardeners in Michigan, United States, were alarmed when they found the green fruit which are not normally produced on the potato plant in that region. This was due to the weather in July that year being cooler and wetter than normal, allowing the plants' flowers sufficient time to be pollinated and produce fruit. [3]