My dear hubby loved Katahdin potatoes as a kid and we have been looking for this variety for a few years now. Is anyone out there growing these? Have a few sets you are willing to sell? Know of a place we could order them? So many varieties are just numbers now it is hardto find the older types.

-- michelle (tsjheath@ainop.com), April 17, 2001

Answers

Michelle, Your search is over- www.irish-eyes.com sells Katahdins. Just go to potatoes, then select them from the mid-season drop down menu. This website has a pretty good selection of potatoes, onion sets, shallots, garlic, etc. if anyone else is looking for something in particular. Enjoy!

-- Kristin, in La. (positivekharma@aol.com), April 17, 2001.

Michelle, After I posted, I decided to look around the site myself, and discoverd that Irish Eyes is sold out of the Katahdins, so I found another site that appears to still have them in stock at $2.50/5 lbs. Additional amounts can be purchased at a nice discount off the per lb. rate. the web address is www.seedpro.cc/page4.html Sorry about the first site-Hope this helps!

-- Kristin, in La. (positivekharma@aol.com), April 18, 2001.

Thanks Kristian I'll look into the site this afternoon!!

-- michelle (tsjheath@ainop.com), April 18, 2001.

Hey there, the site seedpro is in my neck of the woods!! Just a few miles noerth of us. But they do geneticly altered potatoes. Thats their main job. So I will keep looking but thanks for helping me!!

-- michelle (tsjheath@ainop.com), April 19, 2001.

Write (no web page) or call: Fedco Seeds

P.O. Box 520

Waterville Maine 04903

207-873-7333.

Ask for their potato catalogue. While you're at it, ask for their seed catalogue too, you won't regret it.

-- Cash (cash@andcarry.com), April 20, 2001.

Michelle, Another excellent place to try is Wood Prairie Farm in Bridgewater, ME (www.woodprairie.com). Their seed potatoes are organically grown so you don't have to worry about GMO's.

Murray in ME

-- Murray Herrick (lkdmfarm@megalink.net), April 22, 2001.

Michelle, Thanks for the heads up on the GMO's. That'll teach me to breeze through a new website. Hope you had good luck with the other suggestions. Kristin

-- Kristin, in La. (positivekharma@aol.com), April 23, 2001.