1. Iitapile zisuka eMzantsi Melika. Abantu abaninzi ngempazamo bayigqala iIreland njengendawo abazalelwa kuyo. Ikhuliswe kwisityalo sasendle kwingingqi egubungela umntla-ntshona weBolivia kunye namazantsi ePeru. Zaziswa eYurophu ngabanqobi baseSpeyin ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-16.
2. Iifatata zaqala umsebenzi wazo waseYurophu ngesiqalo sobuxoki - abantu abangamakhulu ambalwa abadlayo bafa ngokukhawuleza. Isizathu yayikukuba oomatiloshe abadumileyo ababeze neetapile besuka eMzantsi Melika abazange bacinge ukuchazela abantu basekuhlaleni ukuba yayingengawo amagqabi neziqu ezityiweyo – kodwa ziingcambu neengcambu. Ngokuphathelele amagqabi kunye neziqu, ziyityhefu ngokwenene.
3. Abantu bebelima iitapile malunga neminyaka engama-7,000. Kwanamaxesha athile, amaIndiya ayezinqula ngokungathi zizithixo, yaye ezigqala njengezidalwa eziphilayo.
4. Kukho malunga neendidi ezingama-4,000 zeetapile. Iifatata ezahlukeneyo zifanelekile izitya ezahlukeneyo. Isizathu sesokuba iindidi ezahlukeneyo zinesitatshi esahlukileyo. Iitapile ezine-saturation ephezulu yesitashi zingcono ukubhaka okanye ukuqhotsa. Abo banamazinga aphantsi e-starch ababilisi-oku kubenza bafaneleke ngakumbi kwiisaladi, iisuphu kunye nesityu.
5. Iitapile zezosapho olunye kunye necuba. Kubonakala ukuba intsapho yezambane (i-Solanaceae) ibanzi kakhulu kwaye ibandakanya izityalo ezininzi - iitumato, ii-eggplants, iipepile, i-tatula, i-petunia, icuba.
6. Iitapile eziluhlaza akufanele zityiwe. Xa i-potato ijika ibe luhlaza, ithetha ukuba ibonakaliswe ilanga elininzi ngexesha lokugcinwa kwaye yenze i-solanine enobuthi obuthambileyo - obangela intloko, isicaphucaphu kunye ne-malaise. Kwanele ukusika iindawo eziluhlaza, kwaye ezinye ziyakwazi ukupheka ngokulula.
7. Phantsi kweemeko ezifanelekileyo, iitapile zinokugcinwa ukuya kutsho kunyaka omnye. Noko ke, musa ukulindela ukuba baya kuhlala ixesha elide kangako ekhaya. Ukugcinwa kwexesha elide leetapile, izixhobo ezakhiwe kakuhle kunye ne-warehouse ekhethekileyo yokuthengisa iyadingeka.
8. AmaInca asebenzisa iitapile ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Namhlanje, konke esikwenzayo ngeetapile kukutya. Kodwa amaInca ayenolwalamano oluphangaleleyo ngakumbi nawo yaye ayewasebenzisela ukunyanga izifo ezahlukahlukeneyo. Unyango oluqhelekileyo lokuqaqamba kwamazinyo yayikukuzisa itapile (ngelishwa, akwaziwa ukuba makwenziwe ntoni ngayo). Ukuba umntu ufumene intlungu kwiimisipha okanye emathanjeni, ke umhluzi oshiywe kwiifatata ezibilisiwe wawusetyenziselwa unyango.
9. Iitapile eziqhelekileyo azinanto yakwenza neebhatata ezibizwa ngokuba 'zibhatata'. Ekuphela konxibelelwano phakathi kwazo kukuba ziyimifuno enesitatshi ekhula ngaphantsi komhlaba. Kodwa ngelixa iitapile ziyi-tubers, iitapile zineengcambu ezandisiweyo zesityalo. Abaphumanga nakusapho olunye: iitapile zezakwaPotato, kanti iibhatata zezolunye usapho.
10. Iitapile yimifuno yokuqala ekhule esithubeni. Ngowe-1995, isiqingatha sebhetshi yeetapile sathunyelwa ngenqanawa ukuya eColombia, saza esinye isiqingatha sashiywa emhlabeni. Uvavanyo lwaba yimpumelelo: akukho mahluko ubonakalayo phakathi kwamaqela amabini amazambane.
