Table 2. 1949 Commercial Potato Acreage by Counties in New Hampshire 



County 



Acres 



County 



Acres 



Belknap 



Carroll 



Cheshire 



Coos 



Grafton 



Total 



2384.4 



Production is not evenly distributed through the various towns, and 



71 per cent of the 1949 crop was produced in 51 towns and the remainder 

 in 183 towns. 



The commercial acreage for 1949 showed 93 farms planting 3 to 10 

 acres, 31 farms planting 10 to 25 acres, and 25 farms planting over 25 acres. 

 The acreage of certified seed potatoes in 1949 by varieties is as follows: 

 Green Mountains .... 60 



Katahdin * 7 



Others 36, a small proportion of the total acreage. 



In relation to production in other New England states. New Hampshire 

 is overshadowed by the commercial supplies from Maine. It is inevitable, 

 therefore, that the marketing practices and pricing of Maine potatoes must 

 reflect on the potato industry in New Hampshire. The relation of New 

 Hampshire to the rest of New England in terms of density of production 

 is shown in Map No. 2i. See page 8. 



The proportion of the crop moving in interregional trade will be re- 

 lated to the excess of production over local requirements. With population 

 much greater in the southern New England states, there is what we might 

 call a gravitational pull away from the more sparsely populated northern 

 potato-producing areas to the south. Maine potatoes are attracted to New 

 Hampshire markets and approximately 12 per cent of the New Hampshire 

 commercial potato crop is attracted to neighboring Massachusetts markets. 



VARIETIES2 



Green Mountain was the most popular variety grown by a sample of 



72 New Hampshire potato growers. The frequency of different varieties 

 is given below: 



Number of Number of 



Variety Growers Variety Growers 



Green Mountain 



Katahdin 



Houmas 



Chippewa 



50 Irish Cobbler 



2 Sebago 



9 Mohawk 



9 Ontario 



9 



7 

 1 

 1 



'^This can be interpreted only as a county guide and does not indicate the distribution within counties. 

 *See Potato Growing in New Hampshire (N. H. Agricultural Extension Bulletin 45, reissued 1943.) 



