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Between 40 and 50 different types of potatoes populate the fields of Cartagena, a variety of which we should be proud and to make it known, La Puebla organizes every year, this is the sixth edition, the Day of the Potato, which will be the Sunday, May 26.

The schedule of activities for this day today presented Councillor Celebration, Florentina Garcia Vargas, with the president of the Association of Residents of La Puebla, Policarpo Sánchez, and Secretary of the Party Commission, Jose Fernandez.

With the precious tuber starring on Sunday will start at 10 am, with the sale of potatoes to the public, and half an hour later, at 10.30 am, will be the opening of a Craft Market, which is new this year.

From 11.00 pm will open the Exhibition of varieties of potatoes the Campo de Cartagena, at 12.00 Launch Contest potatoes to the pot and 13.30 hours, as expected by all, the tasting of potatoes in all forms, roasted, fried, with garlic and tortilla.

There will also be a booth where village women sell flowers and pots, with the collection, help people who are having a hard time because of the crisis.

Everything comes from the tradition of La Puebla as a producer of potatoes, which he did, as explained José Fernández, a group of farmers in the area decided to dedicate a day to claim the quality of potatoes and encourage consumption, day also held as a prelude to the festivities of the town in honor of the Sacred Heart, to be held from May 31 to June 9.

QUALITY POTATO

In the Campo de Cartagena are planted 400 million kilos of potatoes, many will find out this year and cheaply, because the floods have wiped out the crop in other areas, revaluing our, as explained by the president of Association of Residents of La Puebla, a town from which a third of the potato Cartagena.

Today is in high demand, which will generate money for our farmers, moving about 200 million euros, Polycarp said Sanchez.

In Puebla there are two types of potato, yellow flesh and white flesh, each with its varieties, all of great quality and for various uses.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena