. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Seed.— Another matter of prime'importance is the seed. A good crop of potatoes or of any other plant cannot be produced from poor seed. We must have good seed, as well as favorable conditions in which it is to grow. All plants are the result of two factors — environment and heredity. One is as important as the other and neither can be called all-imp
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Seed.— Another matter of prime'importance is the seed. A good crop of potatoes or of any other plant cannot be produced from poor seed. We must have good seed, as well as favorable conditions in which it is to grow. All plants are the result of two factors — environment and heredity. One is as important as the other and neither can be called all-important with- out the other. All that surrounds the plant — soil, plant food, climate, and care—must be right. Also, the plant must come from good ancestors, since it derives its producing power from its parents and grandparents. It is a waste of time and money to prepare and enrich a soil, and plant in that soil potatoes that do not come from high-yielding strains. Every tuber ^ihSJp^O'l^-smM that is planted should have come from a hill of tuber from A than the large potatoes that gave a good yield. It is much er jrom better to plant medium or even small tubers from, high-yielding hills than to plant a large tuber Jrom a low-yielding hill. The character of the whole hill determines its value for seed. In the fall, many hills should be dug by hand and the tubers from the best of these hills saved for seed. It is generally considered the best practice to use for seed the tubers that are of good size and shape and have been stored so that they have rem_ained dormant. For the best results the seed should be plump and unsprouted. The tubers should be cut into about four pieces, each having several good eyes accompanied by a generous quantity of tuber. They should be planted immediately after cutting, as the seed pieces tend to bleed — that is, to exude water very rapidly, which injures them. Planting.— The seed pieces should be planted in most soils at a depth of four in
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