The Potato Book
The Potato Book by Alan Romans, published by Frances Lincoln in 2005, is a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in cultivating potatoes. This 128-page edition presents an engaging account of potato growing, enriched by Romans’ extensive experience in the seed potato industry. The book explores the history of the potato from its origins in South America to modern variety breeding, offering practical guidance on all aspects of cultivation, including selecting seed potatoes, planting, maintenance, harvesting, and managing pests and diseases.
Readers will find detailed information on over 150 potato varieties available in Europe, complete with scientifically based assessments of their yield, characteristics, and disease resistance. The book also highlights heritage varieties that have recently become accessible as microplants, making it a valuable guide for both novice and experienced gardeners. With its focus on gardening and vegetables, The Potato Book serves as an essential reference for those looking to deepen their understanding of potato cultivation.
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Sharing his ‘overwhelming enthusiasm for the humble spud’ and a lifetime’s experience in the seed potato industry, Alan Romans combines an engaging account of potato growing with an expert guide to potato varieties.The Potato Book traces the history of the potato from its beginnings in South America to the development of variety breeding. It explains all aspects of growing, from choosing seed potatoes, planting and maintenance, to harvest, storage, and pests and diseases.An exhaustive and definitive guide to over 150 varieties currently available in Europe provides scientifically based assessments of yield, characteristics, disease resistance. With descriptions too of varieties – mainly ‘heritage’ (pre-1950) – that have recently become available as microplants, it contains everything the potato grower needs to know.
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