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Potatoes Australia August/September 2016
ALAP 2016 Panama
Where:
Panama City, Panama
What:
Every two years, the Potato Association
of Latin America organises a congress
that brings together potato researchers
and representatives of the potato sector
of Latin America.
Further information:
Please visit .
Potato Europe 2016
Where:
Villers-Saint-Christophe, France
What:
Potato Europe is an annual event
for the European potato industry. It
will include 300 exhibitors from
around the world as well as technical
and economic conferences on
current issues.
Further information:
Please visit
22-26 August 2016
14-15 September 2016
CALENDAR
Ihave been researching early copies of The Agricultural Gazette of
New South Wales and came upon this classic in Vol. XX1V- Part 9,
page 750, September 1913, “Conditions Governing the Importation of
Potatoes for Food Purposes.” (See image below.)
Is that when the war started and is the battle won?
In 1901 a Special Federal Edition of the Gazette was published
in January Vol X11 Part 1. The lead article was, “From Colony to
Commonwealth: A Short Account of the Rise and Progress of Agriculture
in New South Wales, from the Foundation of the Colony,
26th January, 1788 to 1st January, 1901.”
Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1891 – 1989 features consistently in
the Gazette with a number of historical photos featuring potatoes.
In 1792 potatoes at the Sydney Markets were priced at 3d. per lb.
Our readers may be interested in the foregoing.
With best wishes,
David Montgomery
Crookwell Potato Association (Life Member)
Letter to the Editor