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[June Ipers <junipers@zoho.com>]

Georg:
You might try your luck finding a shop or supermarket that would be willing 
to import consumable sweet potatoes for you (they’re not a completely foreign 
food like yacon or skirret, they’re just potatoes in the end), then you could 
just take your pick. May have to do some legwork to get the right contacts 
for them.
Here they’re just starting to arrive in speciality supermarkets.
William

On Mar 23, 2014, at 8:31 PM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com> wrote:

> Georg:
> 
> There are two Whole Foods stores in the UK, one in England and one in
> Scotland. Gourmet sweet potatoes are grown here in NC and shipped
> to the UK. Maybe you could order a few varieties from WF-UK. I called the
> local WF and talked with the produce manager. They let me know about the
> UK stores and also said they would look into the matter further and get
> back to me. I was hoping to buy some of their exotic varieties and have
> them mail
> them to you in Austria but no go on that one. The disease-insect
> regulations on import - export of ag products is probably very much for
> real with penalties involved
> possible as was suggested in a previous post.
> 
> LL
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:04 PM, georg parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at> wrote:
> 
>> Hi friends,
>> 
>> I am a sweetpotatoe lover, but here in Europe there are no (in words:
>> zero) named varieties available. I am sure there are some in Italy,
>> but I cant get my hands on them. So I am currently growing 3 unnamed
>> varieties that I bought in an Asian groceries store, but I long to
>> grow some from Sandhill Preservation Center
>> http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/catalog/sweet_potatoes.html
>>  - but those guys do not ship to Europe.
>> 
>> So, I am looking for another sweetpotatoe lover, who either has some
>> varieties from my wishlist, or is willing to gve them a try (I am
>> willing to pay for the slips), and at the end of the season send me
>> one healthy tuber from each variety. So next year I can grow my own
>> slips and grow grow grow them :)
>> 
>> If you are in a southern clime and like the proposal, please contact
>> me (on- or offlist)
>> 
>> Best!
>> Georg
>> 
>> Wishlist:
>> 
>> Caroline ruby
>> Dingess Purple
>> Heartogold
>> Molokai Purple
>> Orange Oakleaf
>> Patriot
>> Purple Delight
>> Uala
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