HARISON. 



[R. HEFFRON gives the following account of this variety : " It is a brother 

 of the Early Goodrich a seedling of the Cusco of 1860. When two years 

 <old, Mr. Goodrich described it thus : '"White, large, not so deep eyes as the parent, 



nice.' " In 1863, Mr. Good- 

 rich had eleven and a half 

 bushels ; and though it was 

 a bad year for disease, and 

 this a young and tender seed- 

 ling, when he overhauled his 

 seedlings, January 29th, 

 1864, he made this entry 

 in his book : " All perfect, 

 fine." 



It has a smooth white 

 skin, white flesh, and is the 

 most solid of large potatoes, 

 having no hollow at the cen- 

 tre. It is enormously pro- 

 ductive, yielding as well as 

 the parent Cusco, and ex- 

 ceeds all others ; its form is 

 good, table quality excellent ; 

 keeps well ; ripens ten days 

 earlier than the Garnet Chili, 

 and thus far is" as hardy as 

 the Garnet Chili. 



Among winter sorts this 

 potato must soon hold as 

 high a place as is conceded 

 to the Early Goodrich among 

 the early sorts. 



To JCeep 'Potatoes during Winter. As soon as dry after digging, pick up 

 and handle carefully ; store in a dry, well-aired, cool cellar, free from frost, either in 

 bins raised a little from the bottom of the cellar, or in barrels having at least two 

 holes bored through the staves near the bottom, and lay the top head on, over a 

 lath, so as to exclude the light without preventing a free circulation of air. Also 

 sprinkle among the potatoes about half a pint of recently slacked quick-lime to each 

 barrel. If bins are used, cover them over sufficiently to exclude the most of the 

 light. Air the cellar all winter, as often as the temperature outside will admit of it 



