Many of the growing problems have been solved in other states, and considerable acreage of Russets are now grown in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Maine, to mention a few. Idaho potato industry people very sincerely feel that Russets grown in other producing areas have never quite achieved the quality that Burbank's famous development has achieved in the state of Idaho.

It is interesting that the accidental finding of a seedpod in Burbank's New England garden had such a remarkable effect on Idaho agriculture. The persistence of Luther Burbank in returning again and again to search for the single seedpod was the factor that held in balance the future of the Idaho potato industry. Certainly, the contribution of Luther Burbank, the great plant breeder, to Idaho agriculture is one of astronomical size and very difficult to measure.