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- From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams"
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:45:52 -0600 (CST)
Here's a link with a picture of the crop.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_(vegetable)
>When I took International Food Crops as an undergrad, we discussed the
>difference between sweet potatoes and yams. In the case of yams, when they
>are grown in Africa, their native land, they grow up to 5' long and often
>weigh 50-80 lb. Are you sure that's what you saw?
>
>Bill
William H Shoemaker, UI-Crop Sciences
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610
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Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams",
Wyatt Jones, 11/04/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams",
Bill Shoemaker, 11/04/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams",
Bill Shoemaker, 11/04/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams", BarbaraJ, 11/04/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams",
Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland, 11/04/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams", Bill Shoemaker, 11/04/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams",
Maurice E. Smith, 11/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams",
Bill Shoemaker, 11/06/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams", Owsley lucy, 11/07/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams",
Bill Shoemaker, 11/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams",
Bill Shoemaker, 11/04/2009
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams",
Wyatt Jones, 11/04/2009
- [Market-farming] Sweetpotatoes (was: Re: Pie Pumpkins and "yams"), Etienne Goyer, 11/04/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Pie Pumpkins and "yams",
Bill Shoemaker, 11/04/2009
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