Potato Breeding 



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if need be, to follow up his work generation after genera- 

 tion by means of selection, the work becomes plant- 

 breeding of the highest type. 



First of all, therefore, the operator must know what he 

 is likely to secure, and what will probably be worth se- 

 curing. ]Most persons, however, begin at the other end of 

 the problem, — they get what they can, and then let the 

 public judge whether the effort has been worth the while. 



The following score-card has been adopted by the 

 New York State Potato Association : 



Potato Score-card 



This score-card is arranged with the idea of empha- 

 sizing the more important characteristics to be con- 

 sidered in selecting potatoes both true to varietal type 

 and in accordance with market demands. These two 

 sets of qualifications are in many cases quite distinct. It 

 is, therefore, true that the variety which fulfills both of 

 these requirements is the one that scores highest and of 

 which production should be encouraged. 



