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"The man who has nothing to boast of but his ancestors is like a potato - the only good belonging to him is under ground."
– Sir Thomas Overbury (1581 - 1613)
A fruit of the dirt, its growing popularity in the old world has reached the shores of the colonies and with it, the knowledge of its cultivation! Although many find it bland alone, the potato makes for a filling meal.
About
 Any Potatoes are the product of a Potato Harvest. A single  Potato Chunk is required when Planting Any Potato. If you don't have access to Potato Chunks for Planting, you can plant a  Wild Tuber instead. For an overview of Planting, see  Tilled Field.
Harvesting Potatoes
When Harvesting a mature Potato crop you may also receive a  Curious Potato. Right-clicking Any Potato and selecting "Split" will divide your Potato into 6x Potato Chunks. There are 4 different varieties of Potato. The varieties you get when Harvesting depends on the total accumulated Influence of the Blue and the Pink bars. Successfully growing a Potato crop adds to the Red bar.
Between 0 and 75 total Influence you will Harvest tier 1 crops. Between 75 and 100 you will receive a mix of tier 1 and tier 2 crop. For 100-150 total Influence you will Harvest just tier 2 crops. At 150-195 total Influence you will Harvest a mix of tier 2 and tier 3 crops with the tier 2 crop you Harvest being determined by the LOWER of that crops Influencing Bars.
| Tier
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Potato
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Total Influence
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| 1
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 Brown Potato
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0 to 100.
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| 2
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 Blue Potato
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- 75 to 150 more Blue than Pink.
- 150+ more Pink than Blue.
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| 2
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 Yellow Potato
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- 75 to 150 more Pink than Blue.
- 150+ more Blue than Pink.
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| 3
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 Red Potato
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150+ total Influence, balance does not matter.
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Any Potato can be baked in a  Bread Oven to produce a  Baked Potato or boiled in a  Clay Pot,  Copper Pot, or  Cauldron to produce a  Boiled Potato.
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