Show NEW VARIETY O OF SHEEN 1 MARKETED D- D THIS SEASON l A new variety tr of f dasheen the Sac Sac- Sacramento Sacramento Sac Sacramento which lbs has been under observation ob- ob observation ob observation and teat by the United States Department of Agriculture for several years and vas distributed tw two sea sea-on years ears ago is being beina marketed this sea sea- season sea season son for the first time The greater uniformity of the tubers in size and shape not only makes maces ma es the Sacramento to easier to prepare prepare for market but gives it a higher value than the Trini Trini- Trini- Trini Trinidad Trinidad dad daJ variety now generally grown The development e t of the dasheen industry has given n the people of the United States a third distinctly starchy vegetal e that is ig home homegrown homegrown homegrown grown the pota o 0 and the sweet po- po potato po potato tato being the o 0 ily ly y vegetables of that nature here tofo c a commonly grown in this country Dasheens have been grown by a grad ally lally ally increasing num her ber of people in the Southern States since l 1913 13 It vas introduced from Porto Rico a f w years earlier for fOl cultivation ther primarily to sup sup the sn sm ill II 11 supply of homer home home- r frown rown rot potatoes toes It is believed to fo have been brought from China to the Western Hemisphere perhaps two or 01 three centuries ago and has been cultivated under various names inmany in inmany inmany many of the lands of the West Indias j With ith contin continued ed improvement in cultural methods and md the develop develop- development development ment of ne new newer v r and better varieties under the dir tion of the department the industry fias as become established Continuous ort by growers antI and others in the South to make the ex- ex excellence excellence ex excellence of this t is maturing fall-maturing vegetable vegetable able abc known t to winter tourists and care calC carein carein in marketing marketing only the best dasheens are calculate calculated to bring about n a large large- ly largely increased remand demand |