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> >Is it preferable to let them "harden",,, i.e. leave the larger ones in 
> the ground for a while so they store longer into winter?
>  
> 

Yes, leave them in the ground as long as is practical.  That's where they 
are at home.  Some varieties of potatoes that I grow (for example, Yukon 
Gold) will often mature and die completely by the end of June.  But I leave 
them 
in the ground until October or November  else they will shrivel and 
deteriorate in the summer heat.

James