MEMOIRS 



OF THE 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



T. M. Foreman, Esq* on Crawford Rye. 



Read Nov. 1815. 



Rose- Hill y near Savinton, Md. 9 th Oct. 1815. 

 Dear Sir, 



The enclosed letters, will show vou how I came into 

 possession of what Mr. Poole is disposed to call the Craw- 

 ford rye ; but with Mr. Poole's permission, I know that 

 this rye has been in the United States since 1812, for in 

 that year, the late Joseph Tatnal of Brandywine, gave a 

 few grains to a careless tenant of mine. In 1813, struck 

 with its gigantic growth, I took possession of one head, 

 and which is now increased to six quarts, which in the 

 course of the present week, will all be dibled, in land 

 about the average oi the field. This rye was described 

 to me, by the name of Napoleon rye, having been ob- 

 tained from his celebrated botannic garden. Therefore, 

 Napoleon rye it shall remain. 



Comprising what I have grown, with Mr. Poole's 

 sample, I can assert that the grain is alreaJy highly im- 

 proved ; but of my stock, 1 have picked a tin cupful of 



