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Show The Potato. B Are any L'tah farmers preparing to plant Bur-bank Bur-bank potatoes? They doubtless have noticed in the San Francisco papers that the Burbanks command large prices. It is described as sweeter than the ordinary potato, its inner substance is- about the color of a carrot hue and is good on the palate. Well, its origin came about in this way. Luther Burbank a couple of years ago obtained from some obseuro point in South America some potatoes. He went to work with them, crossed and rcerossed plants until now he; has several hundred varieties of new potatoes. Speaking of the tuber, the London Lon-don Westminster Gazette tells of varieties that have been produced at Covent garden, some of which command fabulous prices. Tho Xorthcrn Stars birng per one hundredweight, and Kl Do-rndoes Do-rndoes Ih."i p r pound, only there are only aboiii, six pounds in the world. The expert explained t the Gazette reporter tluit potatoes after a few gen- orations deteriorate and that from the wild tuber new varieties have to be evolved. The potato is not a thing of beauty Im' it, is a joy foivver. ( Io ,-why.-; Weekly. |