Idaho
Idaho is known for its potatoes. It is the largest producer of potatoes in the United States. The russet potato is the most grown potato in Idaho.
Most potatoes are produced in Idaho, the Potato state.
Idaho grows the most potatoes in the U.S.A., nearly 1/3 of all that are grown. Other top potato-growing states are: Maine, Washington, Oregon, and Colorado.
Potato was grown in 1995
Idaho's annual potato production is approximately 20 times that of Texas'. The Gem State annually produces approximately one-third of the entire US potato crop.
Potato
There is no US capital named "for" a potato. The state of Idaho is used as the name of a type of large brown potato (Russet Burbank), which is grown there and elsewhere.
Potatoes are main vegetable grown in Idaho.
An Idaho potato is any potato grown in the state of Idaho. It is not an actually variety. However Russet Burbank potatoes are closely associated with Idaho because that is the potato most often produced of the 30 plus varieties grown there. The Russet Burbank in particular is starchy and a multi-use potato.
Potatoes originally came from the Americas and were exported by explores to Europe.
Potatoes were grown by the Inca in Peru.