seed potato
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"The likes of the seed potato industry has been massively impacted. So anything that can reduce that friction has to be welcomed."
From BBC • May 19, 2025
Scientists had been predicting that PCN would wipe out Scotland’s seed potato industry by 2050.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024
In December, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said a national survey detected no potato wart in seed potato fields not already under surveillance.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2022
My cache included four bags of onion bulbs — maybe 800 in all — three pounds of a seed potato named Katahdin and another three-pound bag of French fingerling potatoes.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2016
Most of the seed potato varieties found in garden centers are early or midseason types chosen by farmers for yield without regard to flavor or nutrition.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Solomon, Steve
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