240 THE POTATO 



were dug. Another was a round, white potato; 

 still another was pink; a second pink variety was 

 characterized by its white eyes; another pinkish 

 variety had eyes so prominent that the long, slen- 

 der tubers seemed to be all eyebrows, the eyes 

 reaching quite to the centre of the potato. Prob- 

 ably seedlings raised from some of these might 

 have produced varieties of great importance, but 

 soon after, in moving to California, the seed was 

 lost. I have raised more than ten thousand seed- 

 lings from the 'Burbank' potato since coming to 

 California, but have never obtained one that was 

 equal in all respects to the original. 



"Over eight million bushels of the Burbank 

 potato were produced on the Pacific coast alone 

 during 1906, and probably nearly as many each 

 year for fifteen or twenty years past. It is the 

 standard tuber on this coast to-day from Alaska to 

 Mexico, and almost invariably brings the highest 

 price of all potatoes. It thrives as well here to-day 

 as it did in Massachusetts thirty-five years ago. 

 This is one of the proofs that varieties do not run 

 out if grown under suitable environments. " 



