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Roger Enkoping, Sweden Oct 02, 2004

Has anyone heard about a potato from chile or peru called "camote"

Roger

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Ursula Santiago, Chile(Zone 9b) Oct 02, 2004

It's a sweet potato, Roger.

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Roger Enkoping, Sweden Oct 03, 2004

Ursula,I have heard about an "ordinary" potato that looks if you had put a lot of small potatoes together and make it to one,have you heard about it? I thought it could be this camote,but not.

Roger

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Ursula Santiago, Chile(Zone 9b) Oct 03, 2004

Sorry Roger, no I have never heard about a potato like that. There are many heirloom potato species in the big island of Chiloé (southern Chile) that are not known in the Central Zone where I live.

This is what we know as 'camote':
http://www.puc.cl/sw_educ/hortalizas/html/camote/camote.html

This is a site I bookmarked some time ago. Maybe you should contact these people and ask them: http://www.chiloeweb.com/chwb/cet/index.html

Hope this info helps.

Ursula

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angel_orto Tuscany - Italy, Italy(Zone 9a) Oct 11, 2004

Camote or Boniato is the Spanish for Sweet Potato-Ipomoea batatas,
they are grown in norther places as Canada,
hope I helped,this year I grew some and I have to harvest,
here in Italy is not common,
Angel

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