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CHAPTER XVI
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The Irish potato.

We raise also the sweet potato there.
I have raised sweet potatoes that weighed five pounds.
Q.And of good quality?
-- A.

Of fine quality.
Q.The size does not depreciate the quality, then?
-- A.

Not at all.
Q.They, I suppose are raised for exportation from the State?
-- A.

No, sir; they are raised almost entirely for home consumption by our farmers.
Q.Do your people at home prefer the sweet to the Irish potato for their own use?
-- A.


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