INTP~OI)UCT[ON. :The Scope of the Obse'rvc~t~o~s. Attention has been concentrated mainly on the heredity of characters of the tubersl for the haulm or foliage of the potato plan~, ~hough variab}e in habit of growth, size, shape, texture and colour, does no~ lend itself readily to this type of work. The foliage more espeeiallyis so variable in different parts of the same plant, whilst the differences between one type of foliage and another, however apparent, are so difficult to define that except in one instance, which will be considered later in detail, I have not made out anything sufficiently definite. Colour and other Uharacters in the _Potato proved of vaiue was a white kidney potato known as "i~eeord." It was brought out by Messrs King, of @oggeshalt, but it has entirely gone ou~ of cult;ivation as far as could be ascertained, no~ only in England generally, but in my garden also, and my notes of its characters are unfortunately not very ihll. I give here a list of the domestic varieties I have used. In sdf and c~vss /'ertiliza~ion. A. Flourbai1 (Stztton). Record (King). Congo.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.