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Show THE POTATO. M Are any Utah farmers preparing to plant, Bur- H bank potatoes? They doubtless have noticed in H the San Francisco papers that the Burbanks com: H mand large prices. It it described as sweeter H than the ordinary potato, its inner substance is H about the color of a carrot hue and is good on H the palate. Well its origin came aDout in this H way. Luther Burbank a couple. of years ago ob- H tained from some obscure point in South Am- H erica some potatoes. He went to work with them, H crossed and re-crossed plants until now. he , has . H several hundred varieties of new potatoes. Speak- H ing of the tuber the London Westminster Gazette H tells of varieties that have been produced at H Covent Garden, some of which command fabulous H prices. The "Northern Stars" bring 85 per one H hundred weight and El Dorados 105 per pound, H only there are only about six pounds In the world. H The expert explained to the Gazette reporter H that potatoes after a few generations deteriorate I H and that from the wild tubor new varieties have ' H to be evolved. The potato is not a thing of beauty M but it is a joy forever. H |
