Maine potatoes are breaking into more markets after record harvest
Caribou native Larry Tracy of East Windsor, Connecticut, unearthed this 3-pound Caribou Russet while working the harvest in New Sweden in 2018. The Maine russet variety is popular as both a processing and fresh potato. Credit: Paula Brewer / Presque Isle Star-Herald
Maine potato growers have dealt with storage and shipping difficulties having pulled a record harvest from the ground, but the bumper crop also means more spuds are going to markets across the country and into Canada.
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