POTATO CULTURE. 61 



To sell in market you want a kind that is known and in de- 

 mand. In our markets, almost all early potatoes except 

 Early Ohio sell as Rose or Hebron. Every thing that at all 

 resembles them goes under that head. All long white pota- 

 toes in the fall are Bur bank. 



Is it possible to so select seed and care for a variety that it 

 will not run out? J. M. Smith thinks so. He has had the 

 Early Ohio for many years, and thinks it improving rather 

 than otherwise. I had a talk with him about this but a few 

 days ago. Northern latitude, rich soil, and a splendid culti- 

 vator are giving their legitimate returns. Another friend, 

 T. Greiner, of La Salle, N. Y., thinks that his Ohios are 

 improving. Mr. Carman, of the Rural New-Yorker, thinks 

 potatoes may be so managed as not to run out. Against 

 such authorities my opinion has little weight ; but I must 

 think that, if they live long enough, the Early Ohio will be a 

 potato of the past with them. Ten years ago I thought that, 

 by selection, I could keep my Early Rose from running out. 

 They were kept up a long time ; but I had to change my 

 mind. I believe we can keep up corn by selection. It is the 

 seed of the plant. Potatoes are not the seed. I know they 

 can be improved, and kept up longer by what man can do. 



This book earnestly advises doing what we reasonably can 

 to keep varieties up. They certainly run out much sooner 

 than they need to. 



