Show lost spud find may bring growers gold early development of colorados hope ly jy C H ger associate horticulturist colorado agricultural colkers Co liers col colorado ando potato growers may in crease their incomes at least yearly within three or four years as the result of the finding and develop ment of an almost extinct strain of potatoes Iota toes know as dark red peach blow or red mcclure the lost strain that thai Is believed to have originated 30 years ago was located on oil the mcclure farm at car bondale blondale bon dale from which it took its name it was a sport or seedling of the potato although this potato was produced in 1908 1008 at a farm near carbondale all trace of it disappeared until 1927 when the college in connection with its po tato into improvement program collected 20 varieties of potatoes for campara tive live tests in this collection was the dark red it had been ob talked from a teller county rancher later the same strain of potatoes which commands a premium of I 1 10 0 to 15 cenis cents a 10 pounds on the market because of its attractive color was found on a farm in el paso county and a ranch in teller county |