Searching for the perfect potato. infecting a plant by grafting infected scion in split stems of seedlings. 15 years research for the perfect potato. Scotland still leads the world in potato breeding. It was Mr. Williams Black of boghall farm near Edinburgh , Scotland, who discovered the world;s best and flawless potato in 1946 after working on it for 20 years and called it the "Graig's Boundty". Research still goes on to coaster stunt diseases in potatoes and the various odd ailments that effect it. Dr. Black continues his researches with other experts like Dr. G. Cockerman and Dr. T. Mairi R. McGhee at the Scottish plant breeding station at corset phone. Edinburgh, in the hope they will be able to immune all types of potato plants and tubers from the deeded wart and blights. Experiments are being made with grafts on the Solanum Demi9ssum, a wild Mexican Species which is immune from blight a and is used for breeding blight resisting potatoes, A special type of Chinchilla rabbit is bred to help researchers. Over 2000 varites of potatoes including many types grown in other parts of the world, are grownup and tested in the filed plots, and if they are found to be up to a given standard the breeders submit their seedlings to the department of Agricultue and seed testing station on next door to their own headquarters.
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