Dr William Black with rabbit for potato research, Scotland

1968 - 15 Years Research For the Perfect Potato: Scotland still leads the world in potato breeding. It was Dr William Black of Boghall Farm near Edinburgh, Scotland who discovered the world's best and flawless potato in 1964 after working at it for 20 years and called it the Craig's Bounty. Research still goes on to counter Stunt Diseases in potatoes and the various odd ailments that affect 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 Coratorphine, Edinburgh, in the hope they will be able to immunise all types of potato plants and tubers from the dreaded warts and blights. Experiments are being made with grafts on the Solanum Demissum, a wild Mexican species wich is immune from blight and is used for breeding blight resisting potatoes. A special type of Chinchilla rabbit is bred to help researches. Over 2, 000 varieties of potato including many types grown in other parts of the world are grown and tested in field plots and if they are found to be up to a given standard the breeders submit their seedlings to the Department of Agriculture and Seed Testing Station next door to them (Credit Image: (c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans)

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