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Post by buffaloberry on Apr 17, 2022 12:51:21 GMT -6
Hello! I'm considering these four type of potatoes for my Native American and early settler gardens this year. I tried to preserve my Makkah potatoes over the winter, but have rotten away. I wanna learn how to store my potatoes better. Anybody out who has these potatoes, but not needing them anymore, please let me know. I'll be here to talk more about where we go from here. I'll also be welcome to more potatoes and sweet potato from Native Americans including the Cherokee and early European settlers for my future gardens. Thanks!
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Post by john on Apr 18, 2022 6:39:13 GMT -6
Interesting project, In one of his books Michael Pollan stated that the variety the irish were growing at the time of the famine was 'Lumper'. It would be great if you can find those old varieties and see what they are like.
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Post by macmex on Apr 18, 2022 7:09:30 GMT -6
I've heard that some still have Lumper seed. It's possible that some of the true potato seed folk may even have biological seeds, which, of course, would not be exactly the same as the original Lumper.
I don't know what sweet potatoes the pre-Columbian Native Americans had. Most likely the 16th and 17th century Cherokee (and other civilized tribes) grew some of the old white fleshed varieties. Here's a decent brief history of the sweet potato by Texas A & M.
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Post by buffaloberry on Apr 19, 2022 22:19:20 GMT -6
Which ones that are close to the old white flesh variety? I'm trying to make my Cherokee garden more authentic and classical as it can be, while trying to maintain some of its pre-Columbian character to look back to older generations.
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Post by macmex on Apr 20, 2022 8:46:39 GMT -6
I'm not sure which ones would be closest to the oldest sweet potatoes grown by the Cherokee and Five Civilized Tribes. If I had to take a stab at it, I'd probably pick something like Gunlock.
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Post by buffaloberry on May 10, 2022 20:03:13 GMT -6
Where can I find the gunlock sweet potato? Most historic sweet potatoes are hard to find these days. Did the Cherokee grew any sweet potatoes in Oklahoma years after they arrived from their former homelands?
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Post by macmex on May 11, 2022 6:13:19 GMT -6
Blake, I'll email you a flier with that variety.
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