THE POTATO ITSELF 299 



Agriculture aided in the distribution of the Bur- 

 bank at an early day, sending it to various States, 

 among others to Oregon, where it soon became 

 exceptionally popular, and at this date is the one 

 most generally grown. 



The Burbank does its best on well-drained 

 sandy soil, and in a moderately cool, moist 

 climate. It thrives especially well in the Sacra- 

 mento and San Joaquin Valleys. 



There are single farms that raise from one 

 hundred to one thousand acres each of Burbank 

 potatoes ; indeed, I received a visit recently from 

 a gentleman who stated that his crop of Bur- 

 banks covers two thousand acres. 



In the region of Salinas, California, the condi- 

 tions seem to be exactly suited to this potato, 

 and the crop sent from this region brings a price 

 so exceptional that the Salinas Burbank has 

 come to be regarded as the standard for quality 

 in California. 



Over six million bushels of the Burbank 

 potato were produced on the Pacific Coast alone 

 in the season of 1906, and the crop of that year 

 probably did not differ greatly from that of 

 each year of the past fifteen or twenty, and in 

 more recent years it has fully held its own. 



Of course all the Burbanks making up the 

 enormous crop of the world have been produced 



