162 THE POTATO 



plan. If the majority of growers in these centres 

 select one standard variety adapted to their soil 

 conditions the following advantages will be gained: 



1. Reputation on the market as a variety centre; 



2. Possiblity of handling straight, uniform car 

 lots; 3. Easier disposal of stock during periods of 

 depressed prices; and 4. Better prices under close 

 competition. 



"Many sections in northern Wisconsin have 

 become important commerical potato centres. 

 Northern fields under the direction of this Station 

 are being planted largely to the standard varieties: 

 Rural New Yorker, Burbank, Peerless, Early 

 Rose, Early Ohio and Triumph. Market stock 

 of a high standard can be produced on the good 

 potato soils in this section. Coarse, undesir- 

 able types are being planted too often on land 

 which will produce standard stock of high grade. 

 This Station has been in touch with the leading 

 commission houses of the West, and all these 

 firms complain of the mixtures and substitutions 

 of type in Wisconsin shipments. In addition they 

 emphasize the need of closer attention to sorting 

 and grading. 



"During the past ten years Wisconsin has ranged 

 from third to fifth in the rank of states in potato 

 production. Available records show that there 

 are thousands of acres of developed and undevel- 

 oped potato soils in this state adapted to produce 

 stock of as high quality as any of the other famous 

 potato centres of the country. Notwithstand- 

 ing these possibilities for development there has 

 been a falling off in many sections in the stand- 

 ard of both seed and commercial table stock. This 

 circular is designed to urge improvement in uni- 

 formity and quality of car shipments. In ac- 



