4 EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES 



a fair yield this year, it does not follow that it will do equally 

 well next season. The causes of variation from year to year in 

 the same variety cannot be due to the soil alone. It is not 

 uncommon to be able to select two hills of the same variety side 

 by side, the one far more productive than the other. 



Some varieties of potatoes, as the Rural New Yorker No. 2, 

 American Wonder, Early Rose, White Star, etc., have sufficient 

 merit to gain a generally good reputation, while others become 

 valuable only locally. These facts are found out only by trial 

 tests. 



The accompanying photograph, Figure 1, will give a fair idea 

 as to the characteristic, form, and appearance of each of the 

 eighty varieties under test the past season. The number above 

 each potato refers to the same number before its name in the 

 table. That specimen was selected that contained the most 

 decidedly typical characteristics of its variety. 



