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new potato

American  
[noo-puh-tay-toh] / ˈnu pəˈteɪ toʊ /

noun

plural

new potatoes
  1. any of the first potatoes harvested in a season, typically small, delicately flavored, and having a thin skin.


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Recently, we made a new tool to help rapidly spot powdery scab disease in new potato varieties.

From Salon • May 31, 2023

“It takes 10 years of selection after that initial cross pollination, and it might take two to five years before enough commercial evaluation has taken place to release a new potato variety,” Porter said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2021

But that’s a bit like claiming that a new potato chip is beloved by America because it sells like crazy at Whole Foods.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2021

It’s like if Lay’s let everybody vote on a new potato chip flavor, and a month later they announced that the winner was fried liver and cilantro.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2018

The covering of the carrot and new potato is so thin that it can be removed by scraping, thereby saving the valuable nutritive substances just beneath the skin.

From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes

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