. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1919, . m, and also in 1917. It was the best seedwe ever had. We have not started to grow any cauliflower seed yet, although wehave three or four plants put away for next summer. Prof. Crow : We sprayed our parsnips about three days a week and then hadto go and pick the worms off with our fingers. A Member : In addition to the worms I had a good crop of aphis too. 36 THE EEPOET OF THE Xo. 34 GRADING POTATOES IX THE UNITED STATES. C. \V. Waid, East Lansing, Michigan. I will give you briefly the experience we had during the last year or twoin connection with
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1919, . m, and also in 1917. It was the best seedwe ever had. We have not started to grow any cauliflower seed yet, although wehave three or four plants put away for next summer. Prof. Crow : We sprayed our parsnips about three days a week and then hadto go and pick the worms off with our fingers. A Member : In addition to the worms I had a good crop of aphis too. 36 THE EEPOET OF THE Xo. 34 GRADING POTATOES IX THE UNITED STATES. C. \V. Waid, East Lansing, Michigan. I will give you briefly the experience we had during the last year or twoin connection with grading of potatoes in the United States. In the firstplace, before the time of the war the grading of potatoes was confined almostentirely to special sections of the United States. The Maine people were doing-considerable grading. In Delaware they were doing more or less and some inFlorida. And there were some sections in the west also doing this. There arealso individuals throuiihout tlic States who arc doino- orrading. some good and some. Yellow Glore Daxvebs. Totil progeny or one bulb, self-fertilized. Note extreme vaiation. Yellow Globe Daxvebs. Part of the progeny of one bulb,self-fertllizjd. Out of a total of 75 bulbs 27were selected as desirable for se3dpurposes; or 36 per cent. not so good, and we did not have anything in the way of universal grading untilafter the war started. The men who were doing grading in these various sectionsseemed to think that they were getting results from it, that they were getting betterprices for their products because of it, and. of course, what the grower is interestedin is whether the graded stock will pay him better than the ungraded. That isnot an easy question to answer, but when we consider it from the standpoint ofother products—we might cite oranges as an example of standardization. Weknow that without standardization of the orange product they never would havebeen able to reach the profitable stage of production that they have
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