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graham[_4_]

On 7/25/2016 8:42 PM, Bruce wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 11:40:40 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2016-07-25 12:23 PM, graham wrote:
>>>> On 7/25/2016 10:21 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> On 2016-07-25 11:20 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>>> http://tinypic.com/r/2qxbwgy/9
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm sure there are more down there but this one was peeking
>>>>>> out. I'll wait a bit until they're larger, not much larger,
>>>>>> I hope. Then I'll dig around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do yourself a favour and dig them up while they are small.... new
>>>>> potatoes. They are much tastier than big potatoes.
>>>>>
>>>> My father would have dug up all of them by now. They were rarely much
>>>> bigger than a walnut.
>>>
>>> That is when they are best. Small new potatoes straight from the garden
>>> are a real treat.
>>
>> Yep! More of the sugars not yet converted to starch!
>
> What if you wait until the potatoes are really big and then dug them up?
> Will you then have BIG new potatoes with most of the sugars not yet
> converted to starch? In that case digging them up small is counter-
> productive. Who wants SMALL new potatoes?
>
I do!
Graham