Growing and Breeding of Potatoes

Contents: 1. Acreage, distribution, production and valuation. 2. History. 3. Classification and botanical characteristics. 4. Potato breeding. 5. Climate, soils and rotation. 6. Manures and fertilizers. 7. Planting. 8. Care of the growing crop. 9. Potato insects and their control. 10. Diseases of the potato. 11. Control measures against diseases. 12. Harvesting the potato. 13. Markets, marketing and storage. 14. Uses of the potato. 15. Cost of growing potatoes.

"This book is intended to give brief and practical suggestions on the growing, breeding and marketing of potatoes. It is written especially for the practical farmer and the student who may wish concise information on the potato without having to read many miscellaneous sources of information, especially experiment station bulletins which, although highly valuable, are likely to contain much detail.

The chapters on breeding and varieties occupy an unusually large proportion of the book. This is for the reason that these subjects have been treated in potato literature much less than methods of culture, and the general interest in them has called for this extended discussion to meet not only the necessities of the case but also the public demand." (jacket)