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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.
A potato planter is a farm implement for sowing seed potatoes. Hand potato planters, often referred to as foot-operated planters, are long-handled tools attached to a hinged "beak". The tuber is placed into the planter-beak and penetrated into the ground by means of stepping on the planter base with the foot.
This variety is a mutation (or sport) of the cultivar 'Burbank's Seedling' that was selected by the plant breeder Luther Burbank in 1873. The known lineage of Russet Burbank began in 1853 when Chauncey E. Goodrich imported the Rough Purple Chili from South America in an attempt to add diversity to American potato stocks which were susceptible to late blight.
In the mid-18th century, wheat culture spread to the tidewaters of Maryland and Virginia, where George Washington was a prominent grower as he diversified away from tobacco. The crop moved west, with Ohio as the center in 1840 and Illinois in 1860. [110] Illinois replaced its wheat with corn (which was used locally to feed hogs).
The result was that farmers were able to use less seed and at the same time experience larger yields than under the broadcast methods. The seed drill allows farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows at specific depths at a specific seed rate; each tube creates a hole of a specific depth, drops in one or more seeds, and covers it over.
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The variety has the advantage of producing a good crop of potatoes, with a longer than average harvest time. [ 4 ] It was the winner in the Fresh Produce category at the Q Food and Drink awards in 2006 and won gold at The Grocer Own Label Awards in 2011, where the judges said that there was no need to add butter to improve the taste.