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nary potatoes that I planted. I nsed, perhaps, a little phos- 

 phate. 



Mr. Stewart. The Early Rose that were planted after the 

 first of June yielded a heavy crop of very excellent potatoes ; 

 those that were planted from the 10th to the 20th of April, 

 were an entire failure. They did not pay for the cultivation 

 and digging, owing probably to our extremely dry weather 

 the last of May and the first of June. In some small experi- 

 ments with potatoes that I made last year, the Early Rose did 

 the poorest of any of them ; whereas, other potatoes, the yield 

 of which had generally been less, yielded more than the Early 

 Rose. The Peachblow potatoes, in our section, did remarkably 

 well last year. Two-thirds of an acre of Peachblow potatoes 

 that I planted a few years ago, on the 3d of June, yielded at 

 the rate of 600 bushels to the acre. This is a large statement, 

 but the ground had been dug over from eighteen inches to two 

 feet deep, and heavily manured. I was preparing the place 

 for tobacco. Of the Idaho, which is a new potato, sent out 

 last year for the first time, the yield was twenty-seven times 

 what was planted ; of the Peerless, the yield was eighteen 

 times ; of the Excelsior, the yield was thirteen times ; of the 

 Early Rose, eleven times; of the Aroostook, thirty-six times 

 what was planted. The seed potatoes, with the exception of the 

 last named variety, were all large, some of them exceedingly 

 so, and cut into pieces of three or four eyes. The Aroostook 

 was raised from single eyes, and the increase was thirty-six 

 times. Where I raised the Early Rose, two years ago, from 

 single eyes, they produced a much larger yield than where 1 

 planted large potatoes. 



Question. What was the preparation of the land for the 

 Early Rose ? , 



Mr. Stewart. There was no special preparation ; it was 

 simply sandy loam without any manure. 



Question. What was there for the Early Rose to feed on ? 

 Was it good soil ? 



Mr. Stewart. I thought it was; it was for other potatoes. 

 Mr. Lyman. I wish to enquire if there is any gentleman 



