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Colorado Experiment Station 
District No. 6, which takes in the irrigated sections of Monte¬ 
zuma and La Plata counties, grows principally Russet Burbank, 
Rural, and Early Ohios. 
District No. 7, which includes the San Luis Valley, is onq 
of the largest potato-growing sections of the State. The leading 
variety for the valley is Brown Beauty, Russet Burbank, People’s, 
and the Rural. These are planted in the order named. 
Typical specimen of the People’s variety, grown extensively in the 
Gunnison and Uncompahgre valleys. A heavy yielder and fine shipper. 
Shows a tendency to grow rough. 
It is not remarkable that each section should have developed 
somewhat different cultural methods, which in turn are based 
on the experience of the grower. When one considers the great 
diversity in soils, altitude, and climatic conditions of these differ¬ 
ent sections, one can readily understand why this diversity in 
cultural methods should occur. Any prospective potato grower 
locating in any of these sections should follow the methods and 
practices of the best potato growers in the district, rather than 
rely upon information obtained elsewhere. The effort of the 
Horticultural Department and the State Potato Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion to standardize varieties for each district has met with a ready 
response from the growers, and there is a marked tendency in 
all districts to reduce varieties planted to one or two leading 
sorts. This tendency is having and will have a marked influence 
upon the marketing of the crop for the different districts. The 
buyer will be assured of uniformity in variety and quantity. The 
