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put 400 acres into the growing of seeds; and the 

 seed house is not afraid to back this shrewd mer- 

 chant-farmer in so extensive and difficult an under- 

 taking." 



Following is an article from the Stockton (Cal.) 

 Independent of August 26, 1911: 



*^ Stockton, though known to-day throughout the 

 world as a potato centre, is destined to make such 

 strides in tuber cultivation as to make the delta 

 regions adjacent to this city universally famed as 

 one of the leading spud regions of the world, and in 

 many distinctive particulars to stand out in a class 

 by itself in points of merit from a potato stand- 

 point. Such was the general statement made by 

 Eugene H. Grubb, of Colorado. 



"While in this section in search of information as 

 to the local product, Mr. Grubb has been the guest 

 of P. E. Piatt of the Piatt Product Company, and 

 yesterday he visited the delta regions and selected 

 samples of the delta tuber from the Rindge prop- 

 erties. 



"Explaining the potato of this section and the 

 crop condition generally Mr. Grubb stated that 

 the one outstanding feature as compared with all 

 the world that signalized the Stockton delta re- 

 gions was the fact that tubers are in the ground 

 here every day in the year, and that shipments are 

 made from Stockton covering a wide area 365 days 

 continuously year in and year out. 



"The continuous crop feature, says Mr. Grubb, 

 is phenomenal and gives Stockton a unique dis- 

 tinction throughout the world in the potato in- 

 dustry. 



"Speaking of the improved cultivation of the 



