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kind of corn generally planned with us, is what goes by 

 the name of yellow gourd seed, rather late of ripening in 

 co n mon seasons; very different from what was planted 

 40 \ears ago, which was a hard, yellow, short eared, corn, 

 that rip. ned 2 or 3 weeks earlier than G. seed, but not ve- 

 ry productive. There is at present cultivated a long-eared, 

 hard, yellow kind, with shallow grains, and but few rows 

 on the ear, that ripens early, and has the present sea- 

 son made a tolerable crop ; of late, it has not been gene- 

 rally planted, as it is not very productive. 



I believe if corn, even this season, had been planted on 

 high, south lying land, more especially if it had been ma- 

 nured from the barn yard, would have produced a toler- 

 able crop, provided it had been put in at the usual sea- 

 son ; those that manured with lime, I think had worse 

 crops than if there had been none put on ; owing, 1 con- 

 jecture, to that manure being of a cold nature ; it rather 

 co-operated with, than counteracted the effects of the sea- 

 son. 



Potatoes, (solanum tuberosum,) crops tolerable ; some- 

 what injured by a temporary drought, when they had ar- 

 rived at about three-fourths of their usual size ; the tops 

 dying at this time, it is presumable the potatoes termina- 

 ted their growth. I suspect the season was not too cool 

 fortius vegetable, as it grows luxuriantly in a much high- 

 er latitude ; it being a hardy plant, and comes to perfec- 

 tion very early in the autumn 



Potatoes sweet, (convolvulus batatas,) owing 'o thelate, 

 cool, and frosty spring, many of them rotted in the 

 ground (at least with me) though on a southern declivity, 

 and sandy soil ; which seems the most eligible fortius ve- 

 getable ; and, like the Indian com, appears to be indi- 



