]Y]iite Potato 



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Good sample of seed potatoes. 



On keeping potatoes in the South from the spring crop 

 to the fall crop, McKay makes the following discussion (in 



Bull. 54, Miss. Exp. 

 Station) : " If exposed 

 to the hot sun a few 

 hours Irish potatoes 

 will hecome blistered. 

 To prevent this, dig on 

 cloudy days or else ar- 

 range to remove to a 

 shady place or cover in 

 some way shortly after 

 / they are dug. Several 

 methods of keeping po- 

 tatoes during the hot 

 summer months are 

 practiced, and with varying success. Upon examination 

 it will be found that, as a rule, those left in the field, 

 scattered through the soil, keep better than those that are 

 carefully housed. Taking 

 this lesson from nature, we 

 have tried the method of 

 bedding the potatoes in the 

 field, somewhat after the 

 usual plan of bedding sweet 

 potatoes for growing slips, 

 and with good success. We 

 are careful to see that the 

 potatoes are covered to the 

 depth of 6 or 7 inches with dirt, and that the bed is well 

 drained. We have practiced the same method of bedding 



The round type of potato. 



