Observations on the potato during seasons 1928-29

Abstract

The basis of the writer's work is included in The Potato. In several directions further investigations have been made, those for 1927 being presented in the Supplement.Newer work done during 1928-29 is reported briefly in the succeeding pages.Previous observations, recorded in Chapters IV., VI., VII., and VIII. of The Potato, have been systematically checked for old varieties and extended to include the many new varieties which are coming on to the market. Several new characters which promised to be useful in the discrimination of varieties were subjected to a critical study in the field; and records were made of other characters which are significant, though, in some instances, less useful for field work.The procedure adopted throughout 1928 was that outlined on pages 4, 5 and 6 of the Supplement, but in order to secure greater accuracy all observations were verified during the summer months by the writer and also independently by his assistant.A detailed and comprehensive discussion of the observations made is considered unnecessary as the majority of them will most probably be published in due course by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland in Miscellaneous Publications, No. 3. special attention will be directed, however, to such characters as have not yet been reported in published papers and books.