Pink Potato Among 16 New Kinds Of Spuds Touted By Ottawa
February 15, 2016 | 1 min to read
Bright pink and purple are the hot new fashion colours for Spring 2016, for potatoes.
Every year the federal government releases new kinds of potatoes to the marketplace: the spuds that eventually end up sprouting in our gardens, turning golden in our deep fryers and mushed under our mashers.
This year, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has released 16 new kinds of potatoes, including one that may be better than the current standard French fry potato, the Russet Burbank.
There's even a pink potato among the new tubers.
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