FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



Fruit Groovers* Market Meeting 



Continued from page 1. column 2 

 eludes such men as Frederick V. Waugh, 

 the new Director of the Division of Mar- 

 kets, State Department of Agriculture, 

 O. C. Mackay, General Manager of the 

 Quincy Market Cold Storage Co., Arthur 

 E. Miller, a leading exporter of apples 

 and Secretary Briggs of the Boston Fruit 

 and Produce Exchange. 



Members of the Massachusetts Fruit 

 Growers' Association will receive detailed 

 notices of these meetings. Non-members 

 desiring to receive this information may 

 do so by communicating with the Associa- 

 tion at its office in Amherst. 



—William R. Cole. 



Keeping i'otatoes Healtliy 



Continued from page 1, column 3 

 rides in the rear and watches the spacing 

 device. More time is needed and more 

 land is needed for a given production, but 

 it seems that for the grower who is aim- 

 ing at superior seed which will have 

 special value as foundation stock for 

 other growers, this method of planting 

 has distinct advantages. 



The advantage lies in the fact that in 

 this method more complete elimination 

 of disease is possible. The progeny of a 

 whole tuber that is diseased will be re- 

 moved instead of the progeny of one piece 

 of that tuber and leaving the other pieces 

 to carry infection. Observation has 

 shown that when a diseased tuber is 

 planted by this method some of the re- 

 sulting plants will not show distinct sym- 

 toms of leaf roll or mosaic or whatever 

 the disease may be. Seed pieces from the 

 bud end of the tuber are less apt to show 

 distinct symptoms than pieces from the 

 stem end. By the tuber unit method 

 however, if one or more of the family 

 group show indications of disease all the 

 plants of that group are removed. 



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It was recently reported by one grower 

 who is trying the tuber method, that 

 where ordinary roguing would cause re- 

 moval of only two per cent of the plants 

 in a field, roguing on the basis of the 

 family group would call for the removal 

 of six per cent of the hills. This differ- 

 ence would be quite a factor in determin- 

 ing the quality of the ensuing crops. On 

 the basis of a 200 bushel yield per acre 

 it would mean eight bushels of tubers 

 that are infected and yet have defied de- 

 tection. They would, however, show up 

 in following seasons for these diseases 

 are progressive in character. 



As yet the extent of this method of 

 growing certified seed is limited and 

 doubt may be expressed as to its general 

 adoption. In the hands of even a limited 

 number of growers it may prove a valua- 

 ble instrument in the improvement of 

 seed stock, for experience has shown 

 baffling conditions in efforts to reduce and 

 keep these degeneration diseases to a 

 desirable minimum. 



The farmer who is saving his own seed 

 potatoes very often reaps disappointment 

 in a crop that is heavily infected with 

 leaf roll, mosaic, etc. This is because 

 his selection does not permit of recogniz- 

 ing tubers with these diseases. They are 

 hidden foes so far as the tuber is con- 

 cerned. This year, 1926, many growers 

 on account of the high price of seed, used 

 more or less of cull stock for planting, 

 and consequently a large percentage of 



disease showed in the field. This is due 

 to the fact that with these diseases, the 

 tubers are usually small and so the pro- 

 portion of disease in the field will be 

 larger than if larger tubers are used. 

 However, small tubers from a healthy 

 plant are as good a large tubers from 

 the same plant. 



The way out is to secure certified seed 

 potatoes from reliable sources. The 

 grower who is saving his ovm stock for 

 seed should practice roguing or depend 

 on hill selection in the field for securing 



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