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Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May, 2007 by Donovan, Deborah

Byline: Deborah Donovan Daily Herald Homes Writer If growing potatoes sounds a bit boring, that's because you haven't eaten home-grown tubers. Potatoes you grow yourself will taste much, much better than any you buy in the store. That's the word from enthusiasts like Tom Anderson, a Palatine gardener.

The taste difference is even more dramatic than homegrown versus store-bought tomatoes, insists Anderson. Jim Gerritsen, who sells seed potatoes by mail order from Wood Prairie Farm in Bridgewater, Maine, agrees. "The only place you might possibly find fresh new potatoes is a local farmers market," he said. "That's about the only way you have a chance except growing them yourself." The only variety Anderson grows is Kennebec because he likes the...