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  1. World’s first Low GI potato — September 18, 2013
  2. Why use Certified Seed Potatoes? — June 8, 2011
  3. Purple vegies take off – Weekly Times Now — March 31, 2011

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World’s first Low GI potato

A VIRGINIA market gardener had a hunch the new style of potatoes he was growing were pretty special. His three children “went crazy” for them simply boiled, then roasted with salt, rosemary and olive oil. Three short years after the first crop was pulled from the soil, the Mitolo family’s not-so-humble Carisma potato has been …

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Why use Certified Seed Potatoes?

This year, potato growers are being especially urged to use only certified seed potatoes to help stop the spread of the disease Potato Virus Y.

Purple vegies take off – Weekly Times Now

RICH in anti-oxidants, purple vegies are set to colour our supermarket shelves, ANDREW MOLE writes via www.weeklytimesnow.com.au Article on purple carrots and potatoes. Also info on echalion – a cross between and onion and a shallot, also known as a banana shallot.