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abroad are hardly able to distiHg-uish between tlie two, and the 

 Orono yields more. All the orders that come to purchasers con- 

 tain this phrase, underscored — "A cargo of Jackson Whites." It 

 is not only the white skin that is wanted, but the white flesh. 



It is surely important to secure a variety or varieties (they 

 should be few) which will give the best quality, of course, whether 

 to use at home or for sale abroad, the best yield, and be durable ; 

 and I believe that this multiplication of kinds is going to be a 

 very great drawback upon the farmers of Maine, if they continue 

 to grow potatoes for export. We want to retain the reputation 

 we have for quality and color, and then our sales can be very 

 largely and advantageously increased. There is a large amount 

 of money brought into our State through the sale of potatoes, and 

 there will continue to be, I have no question at all, if we shall be 

 able to. continue the "Jackson'' or the "Orono," or something 

 which will be like them. 



Abijah Dunbar, of Bangor. I have a potato which I think 

 will compete with the " Orono," or any other. It is the "Prince 

 Albert." Three years ago I brought from New Hampshire one 

 potato, that they said was very nice, and planted it the 26th day 

 of June. It yielded forty-three. The next year I planted forty, 

 and got two bushels. I brought them here to the exhibition of 

 the Horticultural Society, and they gave me the first premium — 

 five dollars. I sold last year two pecks to a man ii^ Newburg. I 

 saw him this week, and he told me that he planted them by the 

 side of other potatoes, using them just as he did the others, and 

 got thirty bushels. All the potatoes I plant to sell or eat will be 

 that kind. They are not exactly white, like the " Orono," neither 

 are they much colored, and are very good to eat. 



In regard to the " Orono," one of my neighbors had five acres 

 that he plowed last Ml, and planted without putting on any 

 manure. When he dug his potatoes this fall he found eighty 

 bushels of rotten ones. If we cannot have something better than 

 the "Orono" to plant, I do not think we shall make much by 

 raising potatoes. I have not seen a rotten one among the " Prince 

 Alberts " in three years. 



Mr. Ingalls. I am unwilling to hear a potato slandered that 

 has done so good service as the " Orono." If any one here has a 

 potato that will take the place of that, he will find no one to 

 oppose him. But, sir, let me say to this Board, and to all present, 

 it will take at least ten years to substitute another potato for the 



