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few specimens that did not have this dark spot in the center, 
and in quite a number of cases it ran up to 100 per cent. 
Mr. Brand: What were those specimens? 
Prof. Green: I cannot tell just now, but it will appear in 
our bulletin. There were forty-two varieties opened the other 
day. 
Mr. Harris: I think there was one error in the paper on 
sweet potatoes, and that was in regard to securing your seed 
potatoes from the South instead of states nearer by. For 
twenty-five or thirty years | was in the business of growing 
sweet potatoes for market and selling plants, and I found that 
the further north I could go for ripe potatoes the better it was 
for seed, and for more than twenty years of that time I kept 
potatoes for seed that were brought from the South as 
much as thirty-five years ago. They appeared to come earlier 
as the years went on. I think it is safe to say that the further 
south you get your potatoes for seed, the longer it will take 
them to mature. 
Dr. Frisselle: I would recommend going further north for 
potato seed. 
Mr. Harris: I would notrecommend-going further south for 
seed anyway. ; 
Dr. Frisselle: They ship large quantities of seed potatoes 
from the northern part of the state into Missouri. 
THE CHOKE CHERRY AS A LAWN TREE.—Many of our planters 
who have moderate sized lawns make the mistake of planting too 
large a proportion of the large growing forest trees, and neglecting 
those handsome shrubs and smaller trees which would allow more 
room for expression and effect. Among this class, there is none 
more graceful or desirable than our native choke cherry. Its foli- 
age is peculiarly rich, always healthy and comes out among the 
very first in the spring; and both when covered with its fragrant 
white blossoms and when drooping with its load of shining red 
and black fruit, is a very noticeable tree on any lawn. Some years 
agowhile making an excursion into the country,we came across one 
of these cherries in the back yard of a farmhouse. It lingers in our 
memory as one of the rare beauties of nature. The tree was about 
sixteen feet high, of perfect form and habit and at that time most 
gracefully hung with strings of shining coral. The wild black 
cherry, the red cherry and the choke cherry are all very satisfactory 
ornamental trees and within the reach of everybody. 
