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Name: Unknown
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Age: 50s
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Date: 8/18/2003
Question:
I am searching for potato varieties most likely grown in California during Gold Rush as food for the miners.

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Possibly helpful:

http://www.heirloomseeds.com/organic.html

http://www.discoveringbooks.com/burbank/

http://www.dpw.wau.nl/pv/newquery.asp?VARIETY=JAUNE+D'OR

Anthony Brach, Ph.D


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