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out among cultivators without a name, and becoming disseminated, 

 it picks up several names, that one should be adopted by which it 

 has become most widely known. If this potato was first grown 

 by Mr. Reed and he had disseminated it as the " Reed," or by any 

 other name which he pleased to bestow, that name should most 

 certainly be deemed the proper one. This does not appear to be 

 the fact, but rather that he ignored, or waived the right to name it. 

 So far as my observation has extended, those who know it as the 

 " Orono " are many times more numerous than those who know 

 it by any other single name ; it would therefore seem that this 

 should be fixed upon as its name, and the others discarded as 

 leading to confusion. 



This proposal was agreed to, a vote being taken, fixing its name 

 as the " Orono." 



Mr. Frank Buck of Orland. The Orono has been for years our 

 shipping potato and we think it will continue to be, unless some- 

 thing better than we know of at present is found to take its place. 

 I am glad the name is definitely decided upon. 



Mr. Gilbert of Greene. The reputation of the Oi'ono, in my 

 section, is fast waning, and it is being superceded by other varie- 

 ties. My opinion is, that west of the Kennebec it is "running 

 out," and has had its day. 



Mr. Thing of Mt. Vernon. My residence is west of the Ken- 

 nebec. They were brought into our section twelve to fifteen years 

 ago by Mr. Philbrick of Garland, with the name of " Orono," and 

 they are generally known by the same name now. It is decidedly 

 the leading potato, and I think likely to be for some time to come. 

 We have a very pretty, smooth, white potato known as the Snow- 

 ball, of about the same character as the Orono, but most people 

 prefer the latter. 



Mr. Brackett. In Waldo county this potato is largely grown, 

 and many thousands of bushels are every year shipped from Belfast 

 to Boston, where they are quoted as Jacksons. It is almost 

 universally planted, is commonly known among us as the " Foote" 

 potato, and considered above all others the best for market pur- 

 poses. 



Mr. Stackpole of Kenduskeag. The Orono is, as yet, our most 

 profitable variety, but it is beginning to fail, and we should be on 

 the look-out for a substitute to take its place, and that before very 

 long. , ^ 



The next variety taken up was the 



