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worn-out stock, or it may be a selection from an old 

 stock, exhibited under the guise of a new name. It 

 may be a new variety which has been produced from 

 parent stocks which possess inherent weaknesses, 

 though these may not be at present apparent in the 

 new variety, but if it is kept in cultivation for a very 

 few years they will develop, and cause it to be thrown 

 into the limbo where so many other varieties have 

 gone before it. 



Home Experiments on New Varieties. 



A personal experience is the only safe guide as to 

 the value of a variety. Hearsay, especially if the 

 Infoimation is from good authorities, is valuable, but 

 it cannot always be relied upon. Moreover, a variety 

 which thrives in some districts may prove a failure in 

 others. While so many potatoes are grown as there 

 are at the present time the greatest chance of profit is 

 obtained from new varieties which are corning into 

 repute. In other words, the time to hold them is 

 when the stock is small and the demand is strong and 

 increasing. Specially good prices are not obtained 

 when they are in a large number of hands. It is, of 

 course, impossible for ordinary growers to grow a 

 large number of varieties on a large scale, but it is in 

 the power of most to make tests with small quantities 

 yearly. If this is done, and those which appear 

 specially valuable are followed up, the real value of 

 the sort will be proved in subsequent trials, We can 

 speak emphatically of the advantage of these home 



