10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITE POTATO»
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white potato in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Seed
Potato Systems in the Philippines: A Case Study
White Potato Socio- Economic and Marketing Study, Part II: Bukidnon. Special
Studies Division, Planning Service Office of the Secretary Department of
Agriculture, Quezon City. 47 pp. Mentz, CD., and V.G. Balaoing. 1985. Report on
Seed ...
Charles C. Crissman, 1989
2
Food in China: A Cultural and Historical Inquiry
White Potato The white or Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum; yang-yii, ma-ling-shu
, and other names), a domesticate of highland Peru, was cultivated in Taiwan by
A.D. 1650 and on the mainland of China by A.D. 1700 (Laufer, 1938: 70, 71).
Frederick J. Simoons, 1990
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Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
At first the papa was called by its Inca name in Spain; but eventually the name of
the sweet potato, patata, was extended also to the white potato. The somewhat
euphemistic names for the white potato in French and German are, respectively,
...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 2000
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Fall-harvested round
white potatoes from Canada: ...
Maine's share of the NE Region's fall-harvested round white potato acreage
during the period ranged from a high of 50 percent in 1981 to a low of 47 percent
in 1983, with an average of 48.5 percent for the period. New York accounted for
an ...
United States International Trade Commission, George L. Deyman, 1983
5
California Master Gardener Handbook
See white potato, below, and consult the UC IPM pest note series or Flint 1 998.
Problem Diagnosis for White Potato Problem Probable cause soil organisms;
market potatoes used as seed Plants fail to emerge from ground after planting
seed ...
6
Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands
307 Other common names: Broadleaf arrowhead, duck potato, Indian onion,
katniss, swamp potato, swan potato, tule potato, tule root, wapatoo, water nut,
white potato. Sagittaria: From Latin meaning "of an arrow", referring to the
arrowhead ...
Sylvan T. Runkel, Dean M. Roosa, 2010
String beads in this sequence: 1 sterling silver round bead, 3 white potato pearls,
2 pink potato pearls, 1 brown potato pearl, 1 crystal teardrop bead (large side on
first), 1 sterling silver round bead, 1 crystal teardrop bead (small side first), ...
8
German Seed in Texas Soil: Immigrant Farmers in ...
The Anglo-Americans, particularly those from middle and eastern Tennessee,
also raised the white potato, though its position was in all cases secondary to the
sweet potato. As had been the case with corn and cotton, the adoption of the
sweet ...
Terry G. Jordan, Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov, 1966
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Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way: ...
The sweet potato is a far richer, more luscious tuber than the white potato, and it
was probably for this reason that it acquired an early reputation for provoking lust.
John Gerard recorded in The Herball (1597) that sweet potatoes were known to ...
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Competitiveness of the Non-Traditional Agricultural Sector ...
WHITE POTATO Figure 30.1 presents the estimated DRCs for white potato
production in Montserrat and St.Kitts/Nevis. The DRC coefficients indicate that of
these two OECS countries, St.Kitts/Nevis is clearly more competitive in white
potato ...
Patrick Antoine, O.E.C.S. (Organization), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, 1993
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITE POTATO»
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Gardener's Twofer: First Ketchup 'N' Fries Plant Hits U.S. Market
This isn't a genetically modified organism but a plant of two different nightshades: the top of a cherry tomato grafted onto a white potato. "Tomatoes and potatoes ... «NPR, Feb 15»
White Potato Redux: Experts Say Spuds Are Not Nutritional Duds
White potatoes have gotten a bad rap. All the starch contained in spuds can raise blood sugar. And potatoes — which are often consumed with loads of fat (think ... «NPR, Feb 15»
Potatoes Are the New Pork
The spending bill also adds white potatoes to the list of foods that can be purchased using WIC vouchers. Before now, white potatoes were excluded, and with ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
WIC Policy Change Would Be Big Win for All-Powerful Potato Lobby
Under the massive new spending bill just passed by the House, low-income women would be able to buy white potatoes with vouchers issued by the Woman, ... «Slate Magazine, Dec 14»
White potato growers score with spending bill provision
WASHINGTON — Count the white potato among the special interests rewarded in the massive spending deal Congress unveiled this week. Tucked into $1 ... «USA TODAY, Dec 14»
Michelle Gone Wild: First Lady Targets White Potatoes and …
In a New York Times op-ed, Mrs. Obama attacked white potatoes. She backed up her antagonism with recommendations from the Institute of Medicine. IOM is a ... «American Thinker, May 14»
Michelle Obama on Attempts to Roll Back Healthy Reforms
Right now, the House of Representatives is considering a bill to override science by mandating that white potatoes be included on the list of foods that women ... «New York Times, May 14»
Don't subsidize potatoes for the poor: Column
White potatoes are plentiful, inexpensive and can offer potassium and fiber if consumed with the skin on, but compared to other more nutrient-dense vegetables ... «USA TODAY, May 14»
Support science, not potato special interests
After multiple failed attempts, the potato industry is once again leading a charge to allow white potatoes in WIC food packages, despite more than eight years of ... «Baltimore Sun, May 14»
White potatoes belong in a balanced diet and — and in the WIC …
Regarding Catherine Rampell's May 9 Washington Forum column, “Big Potato demands taters for tots”: The Agriculture Department's Special Supplemental ... «Washington Post, May 14»
