BY LAURA ENGLAND ATGLEN You just bought a 10-pound sack of potatoes and have decided it was time to try some new potato recipes. Now, what is there to try? If you’re looking for ways to prepare potatoes, Jana King is the person to see. Jana, the 1984 Pa. Potato Queen, will not only give you ideas on how to cook potatoes, but she’s likely to give you tips on storing them, as well as sharing nutritional in formation. A ready smile to greet you, Jana, the daughter of Laurence and Shirley King, R 1 Atglen, accepts her promotion responsibilities with eagerness and sincerity. This is easy for her, she explains, as she enjoys being with people. “I enjoy meeting people,” Jana says, ‘‘and I knew that I would meet many people as the Potato Queen.” Jana’s reign began in January when she received her crown and banner from 1983 Potato Queen Tammy Zim merman. The contest was held in conjunction with the Pa. Cooperative Potato Growers’ Inc. annual meeting during Farm Show Week. After an interview with the jugdes and a speech presentation on potatoes, Jana was named the new queen. No stranger to the art of growing pototoes, Jana and her family currently maintain 50 acres of potatoes. About 85 percent of the crop is grown for processing, mainly potato Fertilizer... Bag or Bulk! SPECIAL ANALYSIS 8-24-8 CORN SPECIAL 0-10-30 ALFALFA SPECIAL 8-8-24 TOBACCO 8-16-24 TOBACCO 4-8-12 TOBACCO REGULAR ANALYSIS | 10-20-20 20-10-10 10-10-10 15-15-15 (Lawn & Garden!) Others Also Available! LANCASTER PA RICHLAND, PA. 717-299-2541 717-866-5701 HALL, MD. DANVILLE, PA. 301-884-4604 717-275-4850 301-932-6527 Jam King promotes Pennsylvania Potatoes chips. As Jana explains, potatoes are classified as processing or table varieties. Varieties grown on the King’s 238-acre grain and potato farm include Atlantic and Norchip, a good variety for potato chips. Jana is quick to point out that the Katadin variety is an ex cellent table potato, and that Pennsylvania potatoes can stack up to those grown in other states. “The Pennsylvania potato is just as good as the Idaho potato,” she says. To prove tlus to the con sumer, Jana is well-armed with information on potatoes when she participates in statewide promotions. Pamphlets she passes out include information on recipes, nutrition, varieties and the Pennsylvania potato industry. During her promotions, which to date have included visits to fairs, Keister’s Auction Agriculture Day, the Hershey Grocers’ Convention and growers banquets and meetings, Jana stresses the nutritional value of potatoes. “Potatoes supply about one third Vitamin C,” she tells consumers, “and is an excellent source of thiamin and iron.” Along with nutrition, Jana likes to set the record straight on the caloric content of potatoes. “Most people think that potatoes are fattening,” she says, “but a medium-sized potato Ijas only 100 calories.” When not promoting her 15-30-15 5-10-10 10-6-4 or Control Helps You Grow Quality lobacco One timety spray of Prime + stops tobacco suckenng all season Prime + won t bronze or bleach leaves It allows tobacco to ripen naturally and that means more top quality IKaJB/ -.i... tobacco to harvest Tobacco free of any . 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Until then, Jana is pitching in on the farm chores. She helps with the potato planting, har vesting and grading. It is a job that the entire family, including sisters Marilyn, 19, and Beverly, 15, is involved. And it is no wonder, too. The potato business has been in the King family for three generations. Jana credits her family’s involvement in the potato in dustry with her decision to run —f INC. SALES REPRESENTATIVES DON LOHR Northern MD & Southern PA 717-684-8431 HAROLD BRECHT... North Central PA Rep 717-356-7962 DAVE BORSOI Eastern PA Rep 215-865-5795 JAMES H. McKENNY. Southern Maryland 301-257-2572 tor the state title. Credit also goes to E.K. Bare and Sons Inc., Bird-In-Hand, for sponsoring her in the state pageant. With her family’s support, Jana will promote potatoes throughout the coming year. She says her promotional theme, in addition to the “Pennsylvania Agriculture - We’re Growing Better,” slogan, is “The potato something good that’s good for you. ’ ’ And that’s something Jana believes. a / FEHTILIZEH / FERTILIZER MATERIALS BAG OR BULK AMMONIUM NITRATE 33V2-0O AMMONIUM SULFATE (G) 21-0-0 NITRO-FORM 38-0-0 BORON 10% (G) BORON B-12 WATER SOLUBLE CALCIUM NITRATE 19% C 15 1 /z%N DAP (DIAMMONIUM) 18-46-0 IRON 40% (G) K-MAG (225-18MG0-22K20) MAP (MONOAMMONIUM) 1 MICRO-MIX (G) MG-58 (MGO 96%) MURIATE OF POTASH NITRATE OF SODA NITRATE OF SODA POTASH NITROGEN SOLUTION POTASSIUM NITRATE ROCK PHOSPHATE 31% P 205 32% CA SULPHUR COATED UREA 36-0-0 SULPHUR9O% SUPER PHOSPHATE SULFATE OF POTASH TRIPLE PHOSPHATE UREA (GRANULAR) UREA (PRILLED) ZINC 20% (G) 0-0-60 15-0-0 15-0-14 30-0-0 13-0-44 0-20-0 0-0-50 0-46-0 46-0-0 46-0-0
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