LUTHER BURBANK 



the new tuber were so quickly recognized that the 

 Burbank came to be the standard tuber on the 

 coast from Alaska to Mexico. The U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture aided in the distribution of the 

 Burbank at an early day, sending it to various 

 states, among others to Oregon, where it soon 

 became exceptionally popular. 



The Burbank does its best on well drained, 

 sandy soil, and in a moderately cool, moist 

 climate. It thrives splendidly in the Sacramento 

 and San Joaquin Valleys. 



There are single farms that raise from one 

 hundred to one thousand acres each of Burbank 

 potatoes; indeed, I received a visit recently from a 

 gentleman who stated that his crop of Burbanks 

 covers two thousand acres. 



In the region of Salinas, California, the condi- 

 tions seem to be exactly suited to this potato, and 

 the crop sent from this region brings a price so 

 exceptional that the Salinas Burbank has come to 

 be regarded as the standard for quality in 

 California. 



Over six million bushels of the Burbank potato 

 were produced on the Pacific Coast alone in the 

 season of 1906, and the crop of that year probably 

 did not differ greatly from that of each year of 

 the past fifteen or twenty. In more recent years 

 it has doubtless at least held its own. 



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