Mpaka zaka za m'ma 19, mitundu yambiri ya mbatata yomwe imabzalidwa ku North America idatumizidwa kuchokera ku Europe. Cha m'ma 1750 ku New England, mitundu ya mbatata idatchulidwa kuti mtundu ndi pamwamba pa khungu la tuber, monga "khungu loyipa" kapena "loyera loyera".
Mu 1770, mayina monga "ofiira", "bluish", "white" ndi "French" mbatata amatchulidwa, otsiriza omwe anali ndi mawonekedwe ophwanyika.
Zinthu zinasintha ndikubwera kwa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya Neshannok. Anabadwa ndi John Gilkey ndi mng'ono wake James. Makolo awo anasamukira ku United States mu 1772. Mu 1798, John anagula famu ya maekala 200 ku Mercer County, Pennsylvania, ndipo abale a Gilkey anayamba kulima mbatata. John anabzala ma tubers ofiira, oyera ndi a buluu, anawoloka, ali ndi zipatso. Mu 1801 anafesa mbewu zoyamba.
Ma tubers a ana kuchokera kumawoloka anali amitundu yambiri komanso ang'onoang'ono (ena a iwo "osaposa nandolo"). Kwa zaka zingapo zotsatira, John adasankha zingapo ndikutcha mtundu wake watsopano Neshannock, pambuyo pa mtsinje wapafupi.
Ma tubers a mitundu yatsopanoyi anali aakulu ndi aatali, ofiira-wofiirira mumtundu wokhala ndi mikwingwirima yamtundu womwewo m'thupi. Mtundu wa tubers zambiri mbisoweka pambuyo otentha. Gilkey adapanganso mitundu ina yosangalatsa, kuphatikiza Red Mercer ndi Black Mercer.
Pofika m'chaka cha 1851, Neshannock anali wopambana mphoto zambiri paziwonetsero ku United States. Pa Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni, mitundu iyi inali chakudya chomwe asilikali ankakonda kwambiri.
Pofika 1875, alimi a Idaho ndi Utah anali kutumiza mbatata ndi njanji kupita ku California. Ngakhale kuti mitundu iyi inkadziwika kuti "mbatata ya Brigham", kwenikweni inali Neshannock.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 19, ku Ulaya ndi ku North America, ntchito yobereketsa mitundu yatsopanoyi inali mkati.
Kukaniza kochedwa choipitsa kunali kofunika, komanso mavairasi monga "curl" (nthawi zambiri kuphatikiza kwa PLRV ndi PVY). Izi matenda ndiye bwino anaphunzira, kotero mitundu ankakonda kuti pang'onopang'ono alibe. Komabe, zawonedwa kuti mbatata zomwe zimabzalidwa kuchokera ku njere zenizeni nthawi zambiri sizimavutika ndi kupindika.
Ma tubers amitundu yatsopano nthawi zambiri ankagulitsidwa pamtengo wokwera kwambiri. Mwachitsanzo, mu 1868 tuber imodzi ya King of the Earlies inagula $50. Izi zinapangitsa Henry Ward Beecher, m’nkhani yake yonena za mbatata mania, kunena kuti “ogwira ntchito m’migodi atha kuchita bwino m’mapiri a Rocky, koma njira yeniyeni yokumba golide ku New York State ndiyo kulola mbatata kuchita bwino. izo kwa inu." Kuphatikiza kwa kusowa kwa njira yotsimikizira za mbewu za mbatata komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa mitundu yambiri yamitundu yatsopano kudapangitsa kuti Neshannock agwe.
Mitundu ina ingapo yatsopano yomwe idayambitsidwa kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 19, kuphatikiza Beauty of Hebron, Bliss Triumph, Early Ohio, Garnet Chili, Green Mountain, King of the Earlies, Rural New Yorker #2, ndi Russet Burbank, nawonso adathandizira kugwetsa Neshannok. .
Sizikudziwika ngati mbewuyi idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mitundu ya mbewu zamasiku ano. Tsoka ilo, latayika pakadali pano. Komabe, adakhala ngati chitsanzo chamitundu yotsatira ndikusiya mbiri yosangalatsa yomwe siyingafafanizidwe.
Ili ndi mtundu wachidule wa imodzi mwa Nkhani zofalitsidwa mu American Journal of Potato Research.