THE POTATO 



BY 



ARTHUR W. GILBERT, Ph.D. 



PROFESSOR OF PLANT-BREEDING, NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE 

 OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



ASSISTED BY 



MORTIEE F. BARRUS, Ph.D. 



PROFESSOR OF PLANT PATHOLOGY, NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE 

 OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



AND 



DANIEL DEAN 



FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE 

 POTATO ASSOCIATION 



THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 

 1917 



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