CROP PRODUCTION 



important a crop that to this day it is known as the 



Irish Potato. 

 While the sweet potato is a root- tuber, the Potato is a 



stem-tuber, developing from an underground stem or 



root-stock. The eyes upon the tuber are really buds and 



are arranged in 

 spirals in a way 

 that may be read- 

 ily seen by placing 

 a pin or tack in 

 the eye of each 

 potato and then 

 twisting a piece of 

 string along the 

 line. The tuber is 

 a store house of 

 Potatoes as they Form in the Hill starchy plant food 



by means of which the plant is a perennial. 



It now rarely reproduces by means of the berry-like 



fruits that follow the blossoms above ground. 



The Points of a Good Potato 



For the ordinary purpose of home or market a potato 

 should be of good size, but not so large as to be liable to 

 show hollow spaces when cut open. It should be thick 

 for its length and have few and shallow eyes, that there 

 may be as little waste as possible in peeling. When 

 grown under favorable conditions it should cook to a good 

 mealy quahty. Stems and leaves should be held erect 

 and have as much resistance to disease as possible. In 

 most markets a white skinned, white-fleshed potato is 

 preferred to one showing red colors. 



