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Col. Stevens: I would like to ask Mr. Allyn if he has ever 

 raised the new variety of potato that has been recently intro- 

 duced here by Mr. Dunn, called the Everett? 



Mr. Allyn: I tried to get some of the seed, but I didn't suc- 

 ceed. 



Col. Stevens: I think it is the coming potato. It is cer- 

 tainly better than the Early Ohio; it is several days earlier, 

 and it yields double what that potato does. The quality is 

 equally as good. I believe that Mr. Dunn raised ten or fifteen 

 thousand bushels last year, and I think he is disposed to scat- 

 ter them throughout the state and not charge a large price. It 

 resembles the Ohio some, and it is somewhat the color of the 

 Early Rose. I think it is, undoubtedly, the coming potato, and 

 if any of you will send to Mr. Dunn, he will be glad to supply 

 them at a moderate price. He lives at Princeton. His address 

 is Robert Dunn, Princeton. 



Dr. Frisselle: I would like to hear from Mr. Allyn his opin- 

 ion why the cabbage crop was so poor this year? 



Mr. Allyn: I cannot give a general reason for the failure. 

 Of course, the location and the unfavorable weather has a great 

 deal to do with it. It was v«ry unfavorable at the time we set 

 our plants; it was warm and dry, and there were hot winds. 



Dr. Frisselle: ITow about the cabbage worm? 



Mr. Allyn : We were not bothered very much with the worm 

 this last summer. 



Mr. Chandler: What time did you set them? 



Mr. Allyn: The last of June or the first of July. 



Mr. Wilcox: I know we had an immense crop of cabbage in 

 our section, and shipped cabbage from Hastings to St. Louis 

 and Chicago all the fall. 



Dr. Frisselle: I think the cabbage crop in our neighborhood 

 was an exceedingly poor one. I have never noticed them sell- 

 ing as high as they are now, which I think is an indication of 

 their scarcity. The people in our region of the country com- 

 plained very much of the cabbage worm. Most of the plants 

 that were set out were destroyed entirely by the worm after 

 they had grown some and come to a head. 



Mr. Wilcox: It was not the scarcity here that made the high 

 prices — it was the scarcity south. 



Mr. Chandler: I was rather surprised to hear Dr. Frisselle 

 say that there was a poor crop. We set out in the neighbor- 

 hood of 100,000 heads and had the finest crop that was ever 

 raised. All our crop was laid in the cars and shipped, as far 

 away as Texas, some of them. 



