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The term applies to immature potatoes harvested between early May and late July in the area surrounding Comber. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] This area, sheltered by the Mourne Mountains and Ards Peninsula and protected from frost by the saltwater of Strangford Lough , has a distinctive microclimate , allowing an early potato harvest and a distinctive sweet ...
Folks are already asking me if it’s too soon to harvest bluebonnet seeds. Well, yes. ... Mid-February you’ll plant Irish potatoes and Cole crops, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and ...
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In 2001-2002 farmers were able to sell 250 g of this crop for up to rand 5 (US$1), which is higher than the price of an Irish potato. [9] Communities can also sell the cooked leaves for rand 7 (US$1.30). There is a cash demand for Coleus esculentus, but it is typically exchanged between neighbours and friends. [9]
Although often quoted as an "Irish potato" (where it was introduced in 1917), the cultivar was actually created by J. Henry of Cornhill, Scotland, in 1907. In 2002, it accounted for 25% of potato production in Ireland, [1] making it the nation's second largest variety. 'Kerr's Pink' potatoes have a distinctive pink colour with deep eyes.
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Desiccated potato plants prior to harvest. Pre-harvest crop desiccation is the application of an agent to a crop just before harvest to kill the leaves and/or plants so that the crop dries out from environmental conditions, or "dry-down", more quickly and evenly.
The holiday started in the 1930s, when children would be taken out of school to help with the local potato harvest, with other children just not turning up for class. The tradition continued into the 1980s, when the advent of new farm machinery such as potato harvesters made hand picking potatoes obsolete.