Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-19
WHENCE CONES POTATO FLAVOR
MT from ,h. soil. IN. seed or the rsr.
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1. Does the favor Of potatoes depend
much upon the soil IN which they are
grown Q. What kim Of soil produces
tho finest and what the poorest favored
potatoesi 3. Does m excess Of water IN
The coil injurc tho flavor Of potaioea
4 Is potato ever poorly favored that
cooks 'iry aud nealyf" 0. Can experts
recognize familiar varieties Of the.oiato
by their nayofl The foregoing queries
wero recently answered In The Rural
New Yorker. ]. J. II. Gregory. Of Essex
county, Macs, saiii I. Yes, 10 a degree.
2. Wet muck or heavy clay is the poorest
good loam with some clay the best.
b. Yes 4. yos; sometimes they have q
disagrooable swedish taste. Mealy 70
tatoes certainly vary in flavor; tho old
Chonango was typically good.
Professor Gof. Of tho University Of
Wisconsin. replied, "For some tlfno ]
held the opinion that the flavor Of pota'
tocs Is ohNhy dependent upon thcii
starch content, aud that the more starch
aud the L.. water they contain the mild
cr and more agreeable their flavor Re-
comfy, however. come samples of roia.
toos were submitted 10 mo for trial upon
tho table. They cooked fairly dry, and
were decidedly fiaky when baked, aud
the nesh was Of "a pure white color, but
90 my surprise tho dayor was decidedly
bad. There WIS no indication that II
had been absorbed from anything else
becanse there WINS carload of the lot,
and was Informed that they all had The
same peculiar earthly favor which caused
them 10 BE- rejected by oil who had sam
pied them. wa. unable 10 learn their
history. The variety was not certainly
Known. but they had been bought ioi
Beauty Of Hebron. and there was moth
Ing In their appearance 10 deny ihis. Mfr.
D. A. Beuhner, n very intelligent potato
specialist u Manitowoc. Wis, tells mo
the favor o. potatoes 10 not necessarily
dependent upon their starch content,
and that tuhcfs produced from seed arr
always inferior Ia flavor for tho tint gcn.
Grafton or two. though their starch con.
tent Is a. high tho fir, year from seed d,
II ever Il, under the same conditions J
believe q, 4 perfectly well established
that the quality Of potatoes u tho sain,
variety grown on different soils u often
very difrrrnil but bad until recently
believed that tho variation was chiefly
due 10 differences IN tho water supply u
tho soii, which prodnccd n corresponding
variation In Tho starch content"
The statements made by Professor
VOORHEES,. Of the New jersey experiment
station. were highly interesting and In.
ttTuciiyc. whether considered from q
practical or scientific point Of view. Il
Il found that both manure and fertilizer
increase tho water content Of tho tnbcr
that tho form Of potash used influences
both tho water aud starch contents,
kaiuit giving tho most water AMI least
starch neHt come yard manure, muriats
and finally suiphato Of potash. tho lat
giving the highest conttht 81 starch OF
ocp,ing only tho tubcrs raised without
manure 81 any kind. A. 10 quality.
the difference In flavor was marked.
Thoso raised with sulphAte were decided
iy superior 10 all o,hers. those from yard
manure next, from the muriAis next,
and finally tho-o from tho kainit ranked
lowest A. 10 yield, II nppcau tina,
muriA,s stood hrt. tulphAto next, kalniI
ncxt and yard manure last