Contributed by Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum
Description
Willard C. Doyen & Son's, Mountain View Farms 50 pound seed potato bag.
Seed potatoes are potatoes grown under careful conditions to minimize diseases to produce healthy clones of parent plants. After harvesting, each potato is cut up so that each piece has at least one "eye" in it. These pieces are sold to other farmers to plant.
About This Item
- Title: Mountain View Farms seed potato bag, Mapleton, ca. 1980
- Creation Date: circa 1980
- Subject Date: circa 1980
- Location: Mapleton, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Paper
- Dimensions: 77 cm x 47 cm
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum1678 U.S. Route 1, Littleton, ME 04730
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