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manicscousers

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Re: Free Seed Potatoes
« Reply #20 on: March 12, 2009, 18:07:14 »
hiya, newbieveggie, nice to meet you  ;D
unfortunately, these offers go quickly once they've been posted on here  :-\

Gobby

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Re: Free Seed Potatoes
« Reply #21 on: March 12, 2009, 18:29:55 »
Link not playing ball Baccy man so found another, here's info..
Hunter:

General

Origin & Breeding: bred by Agriculture Canada from the cross (834C(29) x F4823) and selected at the Fredericton Research Station, New Brunswick, in 1952.

Garden variety
Registration in Canada: exempted.

Maturity: mid-season to late.

Botanical Features

Plants: medium sized to large, stiff, slightly branching, erect; upper stems slightly purple; nodes not swollen.
Leaves: close, medium green, wrinkled, slightly pubescent.
Terminal leaflets: large, ovate; tip acuminate; base lobed, asymmetrical.
Primary leaflets: narrowly ovate, four pairs.
Secondary and tertiary leaflets: many.
Flowers: numerous, purple; cream coloured buds having purple bases; long purplish peduncles.

Tubers: uniform size, elliptical, medium thick; smooth dark creamy buff skin; shallow eyes; white flesh.
Sprouts: moderate purplish pink.
Agricultural Features

Medium yield, attractive appearance, sets tubers early; resistant to skinning, bruising, and shattering; stores very well. High specific gravity.

Utilization: excellent for boiling and baking, not acceptable for chipping and french frying.

Reaction to Diseases
Field immunity: viruses A and X.
Very resistant: fusarium dry rot (Fusarium sambucinum), late blight, verticillium wilt.
Some resistance: black leg.
Susceptible: common scab, fusarium dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum), leaf roll, seed-piece decay, virus Y.


highlighted what i would consider important bits, but im just a novice :D

PurpleHeather

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Re: Free Seed Potatoes
« Reply #22 on: March 13, 2009, 08:32:24 »
Suppose that you could always report your card as lost after placing/receiving the order and get a new one with a new number.

Just to be safe.

beckydore

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Re: Free Seed Potatoes
« Reply #23 on: March 13, 2009, 17:44:07 »
I've been away for a few days and came back to find my box in the porch... on its side in comparison to the arrows and the 'live plant' notice!!! Thank goodness it wasn't seedlings!

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Re: Free Seed Potatoes
« Reply #24 on: March 18, 2009, 17:52:13 »
Can't believe it!!! They arrived today. I'd resigned myself to the fact that Fothergills had rumbled their mistake and I'd be the only one not to get the tatties. Apparently it was a mistake they were only meant to be free with something else they were promoting. Good that they've honoured the orders though. Think these spuds will go in containers lottie is full  ;D

Mushy Pea

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Re: Free Seed Potatoes
« Reply #25 on: March 22, 2009, 12:14:52 »
Got mine too.  ;D

Thanks for the link.

MP

beckydore

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Re: Free Seed Potatoes
« Reply #26 on: March 24, 2009, 14:40:11 »
So when are you planting yours?

Mushy Pea

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Re: Free Seed Potatoes
« Reply #27 on: March 24, 2009, 18:20:54 »
It's still a bit cool up here so mine are "chitting" away for another couple of weeks.

MP

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Re: Free Seed Potatoes
« Reply #28 on: March 25, 2009, 08:38:53 »
Mine are chitting away as the potato bed hasn't been dug yet. Has anyone ever tasted hunter potatoes?
Janet

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Re: Free Seed Potatoes
« Reply #29 on: June 29, 2009, 21:40:45 »
Hi Folks,

Just wondered how your free Hunter spuds are doing?

A couple of ours have "collapsed" with all the rain lately and when dug up  the haums were wet & plodgy with only a small haul of spudies.  :(



The plant that has collapsed changed from the dark green leaves to a lighter green.

I think the same could happen in the rest as seen from one near the center.



The spuds did taste very nice though.  ;D

MP

 

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