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size be used much sooner and the quality is not as good. 

 The Peerless, (Bresee's No. 6), a late variety, has so far prom- 

 ised well ; when raised on the right soil, the yield is immense. 

 The Concord I regard as another new variety of much prom- 

 ise. This is a seedling of the Mercer, produced in Delaware 

 Co., Penn. The quality with me is good, and the yield and 

 hardiness I think superior to the Peachblow. The Late Rose, 

 a variety said to have been selected from the Early Rose, is 

 the novelty offered by the seedsmen this season. Whether it 

 will produce the potato mania caused when the Early Rose 

 was introduced remains yet to be seen. 



T. B. Wakeman, Westport. 



Wheat : variety — red or Mediterranean, mostly sowed after 

 potatoes with top dressing of fine manure or ashes. I have 

 raised 35 bushels per acre. Average yield in the town, 22 to 

 25 bushels per acre. Very little rye, oats, barley, or buck- 

 wheat raised, and of corn not one-tenth what is used in the 

 town. When our meadows want plowing we turn over 

 the turf and plant corn, and the next year potatoes, and 

 seed in the fall with wheat. We never fail to have the 

 grass seed take. I never shall plow in any more manure but 

 always harrow it in, unless very coarse. We get from 30 to 

 60 bushels per acre. Average, 30 bushels. 



Potatoes are raised in large quantities. Average yield 130 

 bushels per acre. The Early Rose is most largely planted. 

 The Peerless, a late potato, yields most abundantly. Some 

 have got as high as 400 bushels per acre. Generally planted 

 after corn or on turf land. 



Onions are the principal crop with us. Average yield per 

 acre, 500 bushels. Raised in the town of Westport, from 

 300,000 to 400,000 bushels, the highest yield being 900 bush- 

 els per acre. The price this year was about 60 cents per 

 bushel. For two or three years back they have averaged two 

 dollars per bushel. This year they only about pay expenses. 



For their successful culture the first and most important 

 item is the seed. 



It is very important to know what kind of onions it was 



