Early Goodrich. 



A seedling of the Cusco of 1860. In 1862, Mr. Goodrich described it- 

 " Round to longish ; sometimes a crease at the insertion of the root ; white ; flowers* 

 bright lilac ; (produces) many balls ; yield large. Table quality is already very 

 good. This sort is No. I everyway." 

 He said to me in the spring of 1864 : 

 '* This early sort gives me more satis- 

 faction than any other I have ever 

 grown." This variety ripens as early 

 as the Ashleaf Kidney ; on rich soil 

 yields from 250 to 350 bushels per 

 acre ; has never shown any disease ; 

 is white-fleshed, and of superior qua- 

 lity. 



The above description by D. S. 

 Heffron is fully sustained by my ex- 

 perience. 



I noticed at dinner to-day, (Nov. 

 1 7th,) every potato in a large dishful 

 had cracked its skin,^and from most 

 of them the skin had peeled- itself 

 half off. W. 



<Rer. W. I?. 3)ixon, of Pine 

 Grove, gives the results of his expe- 

 rience in the following note : 



" PINE GROVE, MERCER Co., PA., ) 

 September 20, 1868. j 



" A year ago last spring, a friend 

 gave me three early Goodrich pota- 

 toes, which I planted four eyes in a 

 hill, and last fall I raised over one 

 bushel. I had the Buckeye planted 

 in the same lot. The Goodrich pro- 

 duced about four times as much to 

 the hill as the Buckeye." 



Our country may well honor the memory of Rev. C. E. Goodrich, who, by perse- 

 vering experiments and patient toil, has produced such wonderful results. His suc- 

 cess should stimulate every farmer to make a similar line of experiments. 



Potato Crop of New-York State. The total potato crop of the State of 

 New- York, this year, is about 25,000,000 bushels. The six great potato counties are 

 Washington, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Monroe, St. Lawrence, and Genesee. Only one 

 other county (Oneida) produces 300,000 bushels ; three others, 600,000 ; one, 

 500,000; six, 400,000. New- York county returns a crop of 1700 bushels. The en- 

 tire crop of the State, 25,000,000 bushels, is raised on 254,403 acres of land. The 

 three counties in the State, which produce the most potatoes, join each other, viz., 

 Washington, Rensselaer, and Saratoga their aggregate production reaching within 

 a fraction of 2,500,000 bushels, or more than one eighth of the total product of the 



whole State. TV. Y. Observer. 



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