The Burbank Potato 
An improvement in one of the most important crops 
which, as has been stated by a member of the United States 
Department of Agriculture, is adding seventeen million dollars a year 
to the farm incomes of America alone, to say nothing of foreign 
countries. This potato was produced by Mr. Burbank when in his 
‘teens, and was the result of finding a seed ball on his mother’s 
potato patch. The perfection of this potato involved 
no form of crossing or hybridization, but was 
brought about solely through utilizing the 
forces of environment and heredity 
and by careful selection. 
