316 THE POTATO 



cream, mashed the same number of strokes with 



same masher. 



Total score. Perfect 200 



MARKET GRADES 



Fancy Potatoes. One variety ripe, sound, 

 smooth, clean, bright, even, run of good size, true 

 to type, not over 5 per cent., but would run over 

 screen two inches in clear: 



Choice Potatoes. One variety, ripe, sound, not 

 over 5 per cent, scabby, wormy or knotty; fairly 

 clean, bright and even in size; not over 10 per cent., 

 but would run over screen two inches in clear. 



No. 1 Grade. One variety with not over 5 per 

 cent, mixture of same color, or 2 per cent, of 

 other color; fairly ripe for date of shipment; not 

 over 15 per cent, scabby or wormy; not very knotty 

 or muddy; fair size, run over screen one and seven 

 eighths inch in clear. 



No. 2 Grade. Not over 50 per cent, scabby, 

 wormy, knotty, or green; not over 5 per cent, 

 unsound or that would go through a screen one and 

 seven eighths inch in clear. 



The grower who sorts poorly, or uses a screen 

 less than one and seven eighths inch in the clear, 

 or who does not throw away his poor sacks, or who 

 fails to do that little job of grading and to provide 

 that foot ditch and waste way, injures his neighbor 

 even more than himseK. 



THE CHICAGO SCALE 



The scale which follows is used under the Chicago 

 Produce Reporter System: 



Fancy Potatoes shall be known as : One variety 

 true to name, ripe, sound, smooth, clean, bright. 



