Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

"In the year 1855, when residing at Oxford, in the Canterbury Province, we would occasionally find among the ordinary eating potatoes one which, on being divided, proved to be a purple-black colour all through. These puculiar potatoes were called by an older colonist "Maori mungamungas." They were of a peculiar flavour and of a sweet fruity taste. I have never seen this potato since that year. They were waxy and not floury when cooked."