I’ll Try the German Butterballs again next year, and give them better care.
9 and a 1/2 pounds.
Seeds of change seedsofchange.com
says, ” A 2 lb. order will plant approximately 20 row feet and yield about 15–20 lbs. of potatoes.”
Red Sangre Potatoes, Solanum tuberosum, is a tender annual, red-skinned with pure white flesh. Stores well. Maturity: Early-mid season 90-100 days.
German Butterball, Solanum tuberosum, family Solanaceae. First place winner in Rodale’s Organic Gardening “Taste Off.” A good choice for roasting, frying and mashed potatoes. Russeted skin and buttery yellow flesh. One of our favorite all
-purpose potato. Excellent for long-term storage.
German Butterball were the big producers of the two, but both varieties under produced. The catalog said yields 15-20 pounds.
My yield was about five pounds of Red Sangre Potatoes, Solanum tuberosum
My yield was about 9 and ½ pounds of German Butterball, Solanum tuberosum, family Solanaceae
Potage Parmentier (Potato & Leek Soup) – Julia Child
as a tribute to Julia Child, I will make a pottage – a potato – leek soup and make it my own by floating tiny crusty/roasted potatoes and onion pearls.
– Try fresh dill for garnish.
– The potato is the second most consumed food in the U.S., trailing only milk products.
– The average American eats 120 pounds of potatoes a year. That is almost 365 per person; or a spud a day.
1846 – In 1846, there was a potato famine in Ireland and millions of Irish Catholics migrated to America. The Irish population rose drastically in New York and Boston, and there was an anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic and anti-Irish backlash.
Teds grandfather saw those signs NINA- No Irish Need Apply – when he came to this country.
