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lettuces to what we stated last season. We have not heard of 

 any new or remarkable kinds, and we believe that none of any- 

 great merit, (unless a few new Cos lettuces,) have been added 

 to the already mentioned sorts. What we have before stated in 

 regard to the synonymous names in catalogues will apply with 

 equal force at the present moment: but we look forward to a cor- 

 rection of the many errors which exist in the catalogues of seeds- 

 men. The new Cosses are called the new Pearl Cos and the 

 fine new Brighton Cos. The Cos lettuces, however, are not 

 cultivated much in this country. 



Peas. — Since our articles of last year, one of the kinds we 

 then enumerated has been tried in the vicinity of Boston. This 

 was the Early Warwick pea; and a friend on whom we can rely 

 for information states to us that it is one of the most profuse 

 bearers he has ever grown; and that the peas are also of su- 

 perior flavor. It will, in all probability, by another season, be 

 introduced, as it should be, into pretty general cultivation. 



Grooni's superb Dicarf blue. — We name this variety again, 

 that it may not be forgotten by those who are desirous of pos- 

 sessing such an excellent pea. 



The following are new varieties: — Cedo nulli, said to be re- 

 markably early; Smith's superb early double blossom, new 

 branching Prolific, and the new transparent Neapolitan: we have 

 also noticed that a new INIarrow pea of great merit has been 

 raised, but not in sufficient quantity for the trade. 



Potatoes. — Since the introduction of the forty-fold potato 

 there has not been any new variety added to our collections 

 of importance. This kind is gaining favor, and has been quite 

 extensively cultivated the past year. The produce is immensely 

 great; and though they are sometimes small, probably arising 

 from a too light soil or warm situation, or flom planting too 

 many potatoes in a hill, yet, when properly grown, they acquire 

 a good size, ripen early and keep well. 



The Rohan potato is the name of a new variety lately men- 

 tioned in the agricultural papers. Judge Buel, in his Cultivator, 

 speaks of it as a "species [variety] of uncommon size and pro- 

 ductiveness." He obtained only two tubers from France, in 

 the fall of 1836, but, by the kindness of Mr. Thompson of Cat- 

 skill, he says, he was enabled to increase the quantity to twelve 

 pounds. The tubers were divided into sets of two eyes each, 

 and one planted in a hill, four feet apart, in a piece of ground 

 much shaded, and in a low situation: the crop was dug in Sep- 

 tember, and weighed and measured; weight, 525 pounds — meas- 

 ured 9 bushels; thirty-five of the largest tubers filled a bushel 

 basket. Of the quality he had not been able to decide in No- 

 vember, when his remarks were made. Others, however, have 

 pronounced them very superior for the table. Judge Buel, in 



