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Examples
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"And the bintje is the most famous, it's best for fries."
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites Frances Robinson 2011
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"The bintje is the best potato, it makes the tastiest fries and no other type can rival their delicious taste," says Gerrit Tjepkema, a potato seedling broker who set up a website proclaiming the virtues of the veteran variety, which he sells along with others.
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites Frances Robinson 2011
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He recounts the history of the bintje, created in the early 20th century by a Dutch schoolteacher, who named the new variety after one of his pupils, a girl called Bintje.
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites Frances Robinson 2011
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They pulled up popular varieties of tuber such as challenger, innovator and ramos—not a bintje in sight.
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites Frances Robinson 2011
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"But now other varieties have better yields due to climate change, the bintje is too sensitive."
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites Frances Robinson 2011
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"It looks likely bintje will do very well again this year," he says.
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites Frances Robinson 2011
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"The bintje is irreplaceable in terms of taste and crunchiness," Pierre Lebrun, agronomist and head of the Walloon potato growers' association, said to an audience of hundreds of farmers at Potato Europe 2011, a trade show earlier this month.
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites Frances Robinson 2011
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In this country of 10 million, the question Mr. Lebrun poses—"to bintje or not to bintje"—isn't small potatoes.
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites Frances Robinson 2011
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"Fifteen years ago, everything we handled was bintje; now it's around 5%," says Farm Frites' potato procurement director Leon Boer at the company's trade-fair stand.
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites Frances Robinson 2011
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The knobby, short bintje just isn't up to the task.
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites Frances Robinson 2011
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