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"No part of the world is better fitted by nature for growing potatos than the mountain districts of Colorado."Call to all potato growers in the Roaring Fork Valley
Sounds funny, we know, but the potato was what sustained us here in the Roaring Fork Valley through winters and hard frosts.
In "The Potato" written by E.H. Grubb & W.S. Guilford in 1912, Carbondale was mentioned as, " it is in this sort of country that the potato is found growing wild. The excellence of the potatoes grown in Carbondale first attracted the interest of the particular hotel and dining-car trade."
The book then goes on to boast, " when that time comes Colorado will produce twenty million bushels annually instead of six million, as at present, and the fame of the Carbondale potato will be equal to that of the Rocky Ford Cantalope."
The author was fond of the Perfect Peachblow varietal but also mentioned, Burbank, Dalmeny Beauty and Challenge.
" No part of the world is better fitted by nature for growing potatos than the mountain districts of Colorado." "The Carbondale potato will be found one of the delicacies of the World."
If you know of any "original potatoes" , let us know. We would like to honour them by making them our "PRESIDIA" product. We would like to plant them in our community garden space, see other growers embracing them and see them proliferate as they once did. And finally, we would like to create a market for them and eat them, and see Colorado Potatos served in all the restaurants in the valley.
Presidia and ARK OF TASTE
With just thirty plants feeding 95% of the world's population (currently 6.5 billion people), a global effort is needed to restore the earth's agricultural biodiversity.
