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trials, as they have proved of great value to ourselves. 

 It was by means of these trials that we were able to 

 discover the value of the Wonder, at a time when 

 there were not half-a-dozen growers of it in the 

 country, so that we were able to get up a big stock by 

 the time its reputation was made sudden though 

 that was. The Market Favourite, as an early variety, 

 proved its qualities under the same conditions. The 

 Up-to-Date and other varieties revealed their good 

 properties similarly. In contrast to these many have 

 proved they were valueless, notwithstanding the high 

 recommendations with which they were launched. In 

 greater contrast still, varieties of which we purchased 

 heavily on the strength of the high eulogies with 

 which they were introduced, proved the folly of not 

 testing them previously. The tests should be made 

 early in the career of the variety, as afterwards the 

 potato runs on its own merits. 



Enumeration of Valuable Points in a Variety. 



The principal points to hold in view when selecting 

 a potato are its good cooking qualities, its power of 

 resisting disease, its yielding properties, its colour (both 

 of the skin and the inside), the nature of the skin itself, 

 its shape, the depth and frequency of the eyes, the 

 period at which it matures, the size of haulm, its 

 vigour, trueness to type, and tendency to make second 

 growth. 



Cooking Properties. 



The cooking properties can be ascertained only by 



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