448 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



in Augusta, to be destined to take the place of the " Orono " in 

 the Penobscot valley — the "Harrison." I should like to know 

 what the experience of another year shows about it. 



Mr. Harley. I planted a peck last spring, and raised fifteen 

 bushels. There were not ten rotten or defective ones among 

 them. I like it very much. They are perfectly white and mealy. 

 Later than any other I planted. 



Question. Did they blossom ? 



Mr. Harley. They did, but not so much as some others. 



Mr. L. Chamberlaix. I took one potato homo from Augusta 

 last winter, and planted it in eight hills, and got two sound 

 potatoes. I want no more of it. 



Mr. Wasson. That is far from my experience. I planted half 

 an acre, and found it exceedingly prolific, and have never yet seen 

 a diseased potato. It requires from two to three weeks longer 

 than the " Orono," the "Goodrich," or the "Gleason." I hear 

 it stated- as an objection that it does not come in eating until 

 about the first of January, and some say that it has a disagreeable 

 taste. I do not know whether that is so or not. T only know 

 these two facts, that it is a great yielder, and that I have never 

 yet seen one rot. It blossomed very sparingly. 



Sec. GooDALE. I planted one-half bushel of the Harrison early 

 last spring, and found it to yield well, comparing favorably with 

 Gleason and Garnet Chili. Twelve hills weighed forty-six pounds. 

 No appearance of rot. 



Mr. Griffix. I never raised the " Harrison" potato until this 

 year. I planted an acre with the same treatment as the "Oronos." 

 They did not yield so well, nor were they so sizable, but were 

 generally sound. My " Oronos" were also very sound. I don't 

 think there was a barrelfuU of rotten ones in 500 bushels. The 

 yield of the "Harrisons" was about two-thirds that of the 

 " Orono." 



Mr. Gilbert. I have planted the "Harrison" only this past 

 season, and the result has not been highly satisfactory. I cannot 

 say they are exempt from liability to rot, for I found a very few 

 rotton ones; but they have one good property, and tliat is, they 

 are as white as white can be, outside and in. Their quality as a 

 table potato at the present time is not very satisfactory; what jt 

 may be later in the season I do not know. I have found that very 

 fre(piently the best potatoes for spring use are not the best in the 

 fall of the year. 



