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Show Potato Seed Balls. J. C. II. Kindly explain tha presence pres-ence ot a largo number of seed balls growing on our potato Tinea this year. What la their function? The presence of an unusual number of aeed balls on potatoes Indicates that the season has favored the setting set-ting ot the true fruit or seed of the potato. We bavo been growing tha potato from tuber cuttings so long that wo now look upon tho tuber aa the seeds whereus it Is really a species spe-cies of stem culling. It Is very likely that this method of propogatlnn has discouraged the development of flowers flow-ers and seeds. As a rulo, our potatoes pota-toes flower freely, but rarely do they set much seed. This potato ball, then. Is tha product ot a fertility blossom. If one wishes to secure new varieties ot potatoes, tbe thing to do la to plant the seed found In those balls. Knell seed will produce a new kind differing slightly or greatly from every othor sort. |