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but otherwise will rot badly. Size medium, skin white, bluish 

 about the eyes, flesh white, sometimes slightly tinged blue, round, 

 slightl}' flattened, eyes deeply set, quality first-rate. Two weeks 

 earlier than the Goodrich. 



Mr. Frank Buck of Orland. Some of our farmers- grow this for 

 a fall table potato. It is slightly shaded with blue under the skin. 

 In some localities it rots, but not very badly ; on the whole its 

 culture is declining. Many prefer the old Chenango and raise it 

 more successfully. 



Mr. Gilbert. Large, of average productiveness, but rots badly, 

 is not planted so extensively as formerly. 



. Samuel Taylor of Fairfield. Consider the early Sebcc as fully 

 equal to any other early potato. It is a white variety ; the eyes 

 are not blue. 



Mr. Thing of Mt. Vernon. What is known with us as Early 

 Sebec is usually a white potato, but there seems to be, as cattle 

 breeders say, two or three strains of blood in this variety, and 

 while most are white, some have dark eyes, others are largely 

 shaded or streaked with blue, showing color plainly after being 

 boiled. They all appear to have the same general good qualities 

 otherwise, and all claim to be genuine. I hope we may find out 

 what the "Early Sebec" is, for I think it destined to be 

 extensively cultivated as a garden potato. 



Mr. Brackett of Belfast. It is early, of fine quality, skin white, 

 flesh blue veined, roundish oblong, a fair producer, liable to rot. 

 Its cultivation is fast diminishing. 



Mr. Chamberlain of Atkinson. The town I live in is next to 

 the town of Sebec. We have known this potato many years. It 

 is of good quality and produces well, but so liable to rot that very 

 few attempt raising them. 



Mr. Goodale. Can any one enlighten us as to the origin of this 

 potato ? It seems to be generally supposed abroad, to have 

 originated in Piscataquis County, but I have not been able to 

 learn that anybody in Sebec claims it for a native of that town, or 

 thinks 80 highly of it as Massachusetts people do. 



Mr. Stackpole of Kenduskeag. It did not originate in Sebec. 

 It is a white variety, not very early, about the same as Jackson, 

 good in autumn, but does not winter well, and rots badly. 



Mr. Calvin Chamberlain of Foxcroft. I have had much trouble 

 with tliat name, but have at last I believe, got through with it. I 

 happen to live just outside of Sebec. Some years ago, while 



