By Kate Miller Kim Otto Becca Paquette Holly Patton
Classification of the Potato
Our goal is to develop a vocabulary describing potatoes The purpose for organizing this information is help all those who interact with potatoes to better classify and categorize this starchy tuberous crop Our classification is similar to the bibliographic framework like MARC
Scope
The Potato Vocabulary is a way of explaining the different varieties of potatoes as well as how they are consumed, cultivated, and generally used. It describes physical characteristics, origin, nutrients, uses, limitations, and other attributes that make the potato.
Who uses this?
Farmers Chefs Food distribution buyers Consumers
Definition of Terms
Name Color Shape Size Texture Origin Nutrients Uses Physical Description Average Yield Diseases and Pests Geography
What is this variety named?
What is its official name? Does it have a slang name?
Name & Color
Hue of flesh Hue of skin
What is the origin of name?
Shape & Size
What is the external What are the dimensions of the form of the potato in potato in terms of a geometrical term?
centimeters or millimeters?
Texture & Origin
What is the consistency of the flesh in terms of raw and cooked definitions? What is the feel of the skin in terms of abrasiveness or smoothness? Every potato has to start somewhere; where did this one come from?
Nutrients & Uses
What are the vitamins and minerals contained within or obtained from eating the potato?
Not all potatoes are used for the same thing. What is this potato used for in terms of recipes and outside of the kitchen?
Description
POTATO Physical
Average Yield
What this potato looks like to the consumer or farmer wanting to spot it?
This will be a description of the plant, flower and other attributes unique to identifying the fruit.
How many potatoes on average will one plant of this variety produce?
Diseases & Pests
What ailments can befall a defenseless potato?
What creatures feast upon the potato and end its life much too soon?
Geography
Not all potatoes are grown where they originated; where is this potato currently grown?
Considerations for selection of terms
Get inside the potato What we, as consumers, look for in a potato Changes were made Tears were cried People were slapped Potatoes were eaten
Vocabulary Use
Field Subfield Description Name Color Interior Exterior Shape Size Average weight Average diameter Average length Red Pontiac Creamy, white flesh Red or purple skin Oblong and round 2.5 ounces 7 inches 3.5 inches
Vocabulary Use
Field Texture Subfield Interior Exterior Origin Date discovered Description Wet, starchy, firm, crisp Smooth, dimply, netted 1931
Nutrients
Calories
Fat Cholesterol Sodium
266
0g 0 mg 36 mg
Vocabulary Use
Field Subfield Description
Nutrients (contd)
Total Carbohydrates
Dietary Fiber Sugar Protein
59 g
5g 4g 7g Boiling, baking, chipping, frying
Common ways to cook Plant Description Foliage/leaf type
moderately open, medium to large, broadly ovate large, light purple with white tips, five petals 24-36 inches
Flower type Plant height
Vocabulary Use
Field Average Yield Subfield Description 1 pound of seed potatoes will yield approximately 10 pounds of mature potatoes black leg, tuber net necrosis Potatoes can grown in almost any climate. In the US. They can be grown anywhere but the everglades and desert locations.
Diseases & Pests Location/Geography
Reflection
Challenges:
Specific Variety or General? Broad or Narrow Terms? Number of Terms? Organization?
Reflection
Changes:
Switched Varieties Terms
Description How do we want to say what we mean? (example: Hue or color? Production or yield?)
Added more detailed information
Reflection
How were we successful?
Consensus through compromise Concise and specific Detailed and descriptive Thorough and exhaustive
References
Canadian Food Inspection Agency. (2009, February 6). Potato varieties. Retrieved from http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/potatoes/potatovarieties/red-pontiac/eng/1312587385861/1312587385862. Gurney's Seed & Nursery Co. (2012). Find hardiness grow zone. Retrieved from http://gurneys.com/findzone/a/665/.
Gurney's Seed & Nursery Co. (2012). Red pontiac potatoes. Retrieved from http://gurneys.com/red-pontiac-potatoes/p/74019/.
Self Magazine. (2012). Nutrition facts. Retrieved from http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetableproducts/2552/2.
Photo References
Potato Plant: http://bread-water-saltoil.blogspot.com/2007/04/cornish-early-potatoes.html Map: http://nowiknow.com/where-potatoes-are-grown/ Purple Potatoes: http://bittman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/on-growingand-eating-potatoes/ Baby: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article2154403/Toddler-eat-potatoes-rare-medical-condition.html Farmers: http://www.mackies.co.uk/potato_crisps/the_mackies_way/ potatoes.aspx
Photo References
Plant and potatoes: http://www.tuchemnitz.de/phil/english/chairs/linguist/independent/kurs materialien/TechComm/acchtml/instrxx4c.html Varieties of potatoes: http://www.thehungrybutterfly.com/2011/11/how-too-makechunky-mashed-potatoes/
