Tom,
Thanks so much for the information you provided about danshaku imo, Irish Cobbler potato. I remember reading somewhere on the net that it came from Early Rose which is another variety I would like to track down.
I am not sure if the kanji characters will display but here there are:
??? (dan shaku imo)
The first one means man, the second one means "a title" and "the peerage", and the last character means "potato".
Our soils also dry out in August and we usually get one deluge of rain which I understand can cause scab on potatoes. It happened this year to me, but no big deal as it caused very light damage to the potatoes.
Thanks again,
Jeff
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