La Ratte

Medbury Gardens · April 20, 2010

I recently had a 60+ people come to my place as part of a garden tour to look over how i do my seed saving,most were new to seed saving but there was one man who turned up who is now in his nineties has been for most of his life one of New Zealands leading heirloom seed savers,a lot of the seeds had been pasted to him within his family but are now been maintained some by myself and by others within the seed saving network i belong to.
http://www.koanga.org.nz/

A few days after a parcel arrived from him (Henry Harrington) with a long letter and a few La Ratte potatoes,in his letter he says that this potatoes history goes back to 16th century France but a Google search as only turned up a history that only goes back to the late 19th century.

Does anyone have more info on the origins this potato or has experience grow it??

April 20, 2010	#1
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	La Ratte I recently had a 60+ people come to my place as part of a garden tour to look over how i do my seed saving,most were new to seed saving but there was one man who turned up who is now in his nineties has been for most of his life one of New Zealands leading heirloom seed savers,a lot of the seeds had been pasted to him within his family but are now been maintained some by myself and by others within the seed saving network i belong to. http://www.koanga.org.nz/ A few days after a parcel arrived from him (Henry Harrington) with a long letter and a few La Ratte potatoes,in his letter he says that this potatoes history goes back to 16th century France but a Google search as only turned up a history that only goes back to the late 19th century. Does anyone have more info on the origins this potato or has experience grow it??