Rich County Reaper | 1934-03-16 | Page 3 | Vitamin a in Potatoes

vitamin A in potatoes the good old fashioned names for potatoes such as irish cobblers antl aad the early rose hose are passing into limbo and in place of them are cropping up such names as Kat andin chippewa rural new yorker basola aroostook Aroos took wonder suttons Flour ball and other such names some of the newer potatoes are the result of the discovery that the south american potato was wag a fruitful source of vitamin A and despite the yellow color of the flesh of the potato its value as food was considered sufficient to warrant experimentation to produce a better potato in this country