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pact, or else taller and coarser-growing, than others. Outside 
the Ashleaf class, however, I know of no such instances. A really 
first-class seedling Potato is not liable to degenerate so quickly 
as is generally supposed. If degeneration sets in soon after its 
No. G. — Potato Berkies. 
Fig. 35. 
introduction, it merely proves that the variety is one which 
ought never to have been brought to public notice. 
Raising Seedlings. 
Potato seed, on the other hand, is totally distinct in every 
way, being the seeds formed in the Potato berries which some, 
