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wanted, later taking these and putting them in an outdoor cellar. 

 They had for a great length of time carried on careful selection. 

 I bought some, and carried them to this part of the country. One 

 year only I made much of a success of it. One year I did succeed. 

 You could go all over this field of his, and you couldn't find a single 

 poor head of cabbage. They were uniform. This gentleman lived 

 in that section where there is considerable seed business carried on. 

 He told me how at that time one of the seed houses in Philadelphia 

 grew cabbage seed. They planted their stock, and late in the season 

 they mulched it over with straw, leaving it right in the field. The 

 next season that cabbage came up and went to seed, and seed was 

 taken from that to sell. In regard to onion seed. Mr. C. H. Vick 

 told me that they selected their onions for seed, and grew their own 

 each year. Mr. Vick told me the difference between California 

 onion seed and eastern selected onion seed. The California seed sells 

 at less than half. California seed is put out to Chinamen principally 

 to grow on contract. There is no selection whatever. 



Professor Watts: We can put this down as a fact, that good 

 breeding counts for more than locality in the production of seed. 

 I believe certain sections are favorable for the growing of seed. I 

 think Long Island conditions are unusually favorable for growing 

 cabbage, and therefore, good for growing seed. But good breeding 

 counts for more than anything else. 



A Member : Can you tell why Maine potatoes planted on Long 

 Island this year did better than home grown seed.^ 



Professor Watts: Was the Long Island seed as plump and 

 firm as the Maine seed.^ 



A Member: I suppose it was. 



Professor Watts: Had it been as well preserved? 



A Member: What I planted myself was, and didn't do as well. 



Mr. Fullerton: The Long Island potatoes do much better than 

 any seed you get from Maine, Xew York, Ohio, or Minnesota. I 

 have planted them all. I would like to ask this last grower how he 

 knows his seed was Maine seed. Lots of the potatoes that are called 

 Maine potatoes never saw Maine. Grow your own seed. 



Professor Watts: About forty farmers in Xew Jersey-, potato 

 growers, almost without exception told me that Xew Jersey seed 



