Many thanks to all who shared their wisdom regarding "sucker hunting."
Apparently it was serious business for, in April 1755 one Darby Haney,
an overseer on the plantation of a Joseph Phillips, was arrested for
allowing suckers to grow and for "Tending of Seconds." The charge was
later dismissed, but still . . .
Thanks again.
Jim Watkinson
James D. Watkinson, Ph.D.
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