CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XXVI Potatoes for Exhibition — Score Cards 

 , and Standards . . . . .311 

 "^ XXVII Potato Superstitions and Prejudices . 319 

 XXVIII Recent Development in New and Old Dis- 

 tricts 322 



XXIX North Atlantic States . . . .328 



XXX South Atlantic and Gulf States . . 347 



XXXI The Middle West .... 354 



XXXII Colorado 363 



XXXIII Idaho — Twin Falls County — Upper 



Snake River 382 



XXXIV The Northwest 396 



XXXV CaHfornia 409 



XXXVI The Island of Chiloe, Chile ... 434 



^XXXVII Great Britam 437 



XXXVIII The Channel Islands . . . .477 



-^XXXIX Ireland 486 



s/ XL Continent of Europe .... 489 



y XLI History 512 



XLII Botany, Physical and Chemical Com- 

 position of the Potato . . . 521 



APPENDIX 



The Worlds Food Problem ..... 535 



Potato Statistics 540 



Acreage, Production, Value, Prices, etc. . . . 542 



