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The potato of the Alberche vega

San Martín de la Vega del Alberche, El Barco de Ávila - Piedrahíta, Ávila

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The potato of the Alberche vega

Food and drink · San Martín de la Vega del Alberche, El Barco de Ávila - Piedrahíta, Ávila

Image of San Martín de la Vega del Alberche, not of the place itself.

The sandy, cool soils of the meadowland, at more than 1,500 metres, yield a firm-fleshed potato that for generations was, along with rye, the village's sustenance, and it is still grown in family vegetable plots.

Photo: Xemenendura (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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