A study of seven potato varieties demonstrated that varieties highest in free tyrosine had the highest enzymic browning. However, there were large differences within a variety that could be related to locality or year of growth. Three varieties, Pungo, Irish Cobbler, and Kennebec were grown in soil treated with pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB) at 25 pounds per acre. Results indicated that PCNB at that level tended to lower free tyrosine in the potatoes. In Pungo potatoes, reduction in enzymic browning was also indicated. Decreases in both free tyrosine and enzymic browning in potatoes treated with PCNB at 25 pounds per acre were not as great as those previously reported for potatoes grown in soil treated with PCNB at 50 pounds per acre. © 1969, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.