"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 May 2013 14:56:39 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Roy" > wrote in message
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>>> I dislike Yukon Gold...never have cared for them and I have grown dozens
>>> of varieties. We all have different tastes...that is why there are so
>>> many
>>> varieties. It also depends on what we were brought up with. My folks
>>> ate the Netted Gem type potatoes and rarely grew any other varieties.
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>>We never grew them. My mom (who lived on a farm) said that they were one
>>thing that was cheaper to buy than to grow.
>
> How can they be cheaper to buy than to grow? You mean they're cheap
> enough to not bother growing... which is fine, but fresh spuds
> straight from the garden are sublime. Bought ones are not

Probably because they require a lot of care in terms of watering and
debugging.