In the 1960s, when I was a mountain-top farmer in West Virginia, We planted potatoes in one field one year.  Although we never planted again, volunteer potatoes showed up for the next four years (maybe longer - I moved away then).

This does not answer the question, but it may help in a trivia contest someday.

Bill Lockhart



>>> Mark Branstner <[log in to unmask]> 9/3/2008 6:02 am >>>
Cathy,

Clearly, "wild potatotes" are within your geographic area:

http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/88/11/2101 

Although that seems a far-fetched to me ...

Mark
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