RT@ant386 @qikipedia: Longest carrot update via @craigglenday The world record (since 2007) now stands at 5.841 m (19 ft 1.96 in)
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Jan is walking the Humber Bridge on Saturday 4 the sick children's trust http://t.co/jRKawWW A great effort as scared of heights!
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RT @yougrowgirl: My bike basket. Always overflowing: Agave pups, hellebore, elderberries, gleanings from my community garden plot http:/ ...
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@fioriflorist thank you too for he ff - last week!
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Peru and Chile have each been laying claim to the origin of the potato, but now Bolivia have entered the fray.
Chile dispute the bulk of scientific evidence — and the UN potato website — suggesting the potato was first cultivated near Lake Titicaca in southern Peru. Chile claim the potato first grew on Chile’s southern Chiloe Island, citing DNA tests showing that almost all the 7,000 potato varieties in the Netherlands have Chilean origins. The Chileans say the studies show that more than 90 percent of modern potato varieties outside the Andes have a common origin in potatoes once found in the area around Chiloé Island, in southern Chile.
Peruvian potato experts point to genetic studies showing that all potatoes currently eaten in the world originated more than 10,000 years ago from a single ancestor, Solanum brevicaule, found on the north shore of Lake Titicaca. That would be on the Peruvian side, not in Bolivia.
Bolivia do not agree. They say they have evidence that the potato originated on their side of Lake Titicaca. The origin of the potato is in dispute!
The international year of the potato witnessed an Andean war of words over where exactly the potato originated.
Peru and Chile have each been laying claim to the origin of the potato, but now Bolivia have entered the fray.
Chile dispute the bulk of scientific evidence — and the UN potato website — suggesting the potato was first cultivated near Lake Titicaca in southern Peru. Chile claim the potato first grew on Chile’s southern Chiloe Island, citing DNA tests showing that almost all the 7,000 potato varieties in the Netherlands have Chilean origins. The Chileans say the studies show that more than 90 percent of modern potato varieties outside the Andes have a common origin in potatoes once found in the area around Chiloé Island, in southern Chile.
Peruvian potato experts point to genetic studies showing that all potatoes currently eaten in the world originated more than 10,000 years ago from a single ancestor, Solanum brevicaule, found on the north shore of Lake Titicaca. That would be on the Peruvian side, not in Bolivia.
Bolivia do not agree. They say they have evidence that the potato originated on their side of Lake Titicaca. The origin of the potato is in dispute!
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