The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-03-23


great family journal was sent out to
Investigate. He did so, and found
several barrels of new potatoes of the
Early Rose variety, with every appear
ance OF being fresh from their native
soil. That they were as youthful as
they looked was soon demonstrated,
anl the assurance of the commission
man that the visitor could have all the
new Murphies he might want at the
rate OF 81 per bushel rather staggered
the potato editor, who has long been
accustomed to meeting, interviewing
and writing up freaks in the potato
family.
There they were, large supply Of
fresh young, potatoes, tender and new
IN every sense, on the last day of tue
year, when old potatoes are usually
found TO be somewhat decrepit and
insipld from age and tho general wear
since potato digging timo in the fall.
Those who had partakvu Of the novelty
| potatoes pronounce them Just rs dc.
llcious rs any July product.
Inquiry brought out the fact that
these new potatoes arc now being pro.
, duced by means, it Is said, of some
Z
extensive potato grower at Geuesee.
Wis, where he has iurm os loo acres.
On the farm Is Il large building which
no one but Dalzell himself enters. and
heie, 1T Is said, no Is producing the
early summer potato in all it's glory.
/ He has made the Milwaukee commits.
sion firm OF Thomas & Shaus his agents
/ Tor WiscOnsin, and tbcy positively
state that they are daily in recent of
n sufficient quantity OF these new pota.
toes to supply an average market for
such vegetable novelty IN midwinLer.
They arc also assured 10y the grower,
MIR. Dalzell, that by another winter
he expects to be able TO supply the en-
tire Milwaukee market with the winter
grown article, his intention being to
put genuine new potatoes on the mar.
ket here months before the Southern
growers can have any OF their very
earliest potatoes ready for the North,
which Is during the latter part OF Feb.
ruary or III March. First, lie guaran-
tees TO furnish fresh, now potatoes
during any and every winter month,
and 10 have them in sufficient quauti-
ties for ajl 10y another scaeou.
1t has been suggested that this new
potato wonder is the result Of the dis,
coyery Of some process for preserving
new potatoes from carly summer until
midwinter, in such manner as to keep
them absolutely fresh, plump and
new in every sense. But this is de-
clarcd TO be an erroneous idea, and, on
the contrary, Mr.. Dalzelps most init.
mate friends iusst that no produces in
the natural way, without dollhouse aid
or other artificial means, except that
the secret process, discovered by him
/ self, Is used in their growth and pro.
lection from frost. It's claimed, also,
that he can grow now potatoes in larae
quantities with the ground covered
with enow and things frozen up gen.
orally, Just rs easily as at tue present
time, when the weather has been much
milder than the season calls for. What
! ever Is the secret of this new move, il
! ~ quite certain that new or early"
! potatoes are now Oh the market in
/ Milwaukee, and that they are delicious
! and lit every way rs edible as those
taken from the average garden when
the robins and the early summer
zephyrs are singing carols TO contcnted
nature. Milwaukee Wisconsin.