Comments on: Happy 226th Birthday Landreth Seeds! http://www.ruralramblings.com/happy-226th-birthday-landreth-seeds Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rural Writer http://www.ruralramblings.com/happy-226th-birthday-landreth-seeds/comment-page-1#comment-3345 Rural Writer Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:21:42 +0000 http://www.ruralramblings.com/?p=2214#comment-3345 Ceecee, maybe he sold seeds because for one thing, he had different ones people didn't already have. Who knows!?! Moon over Martinborough. . . wow! New Zealand! Welcome! That's pretty interesting about the purple potatoes. Ceecee, maybe he sold seeds because for one thing, he had different ones people didn’t already have. Who knows!?!

Moon over Martinborough. . . wow! New Zealand! Welcome! That’s pretty interesting about the purple potatoes.

]]> By: Moon over Martinborough http://www.ruralramblings.com/happy-226th-birthday-landreth-seeds/comment-page-1#comment-3344 Moon over Martinborough Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:57:33 +0000 http://www.ruralramblings.com/?p=2214#comment-3344 Hi, I'm an American expat in New Zealand. Purple potatoes are called 'Maori potatoes' here because they've been eating by the Maori here for a very long time. I'm told that the original Polynesian explorers brought the purple potatoes with them when they discovered New Zealand. I grew them in my garden last year, and they were great fun. Hi, I’m an American expat in New Zealand. Purple potatoes are called ‘Maori potatoes’ here because they’ve been eating by the Maori here for a very long time. I’m told that the original Polynesian explorers brought the purple potatoes with them when they discovered New Zealand.

I grew them in my garden last year, and they were great fun.

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