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iNEVV J5NGLAND FARMER, 



Oct, 23, 1850. 



HaviHir mndc several al(.Mi|ils I.. iDlin.ltlce tlie 

 fiiiiioiis Klklioni ihirrv, the trees which I |iro- 

 ciire<l lr.)m .Mr rni.\.f'-< Botann- (Siirdiii ulllioiigh 

 riTimrk»l>ly lltiit'iy, iiliin.st allperisliiMl. In AuRUSI, 

 18*7, I i>r<)rirn-(l from the rnime soiii-fp n t|iianlity 

 of buds. It Wiis il.ven tlavs uCter liny w<iu cut 

 lioforu ihi-y ruuclic.l me. 1 iiiiineaiiitily in.'wrted 

 tbeni igto stock* of tlie coininun roil clurry in 

 my fjariU n. Tliuy aliuo.-*t wiiliout f.\ci.|)lioii siio- 

 ceeiioil lo my "isli, uiiil ibe next scnsontliey piisli- 

 ml forward to llie k-iiglli of about five feel, 'flic 

 last 6|iriii); they H ore taken mi iiiiil transplniited, 

 yetlbey lilo.-soiiicil, iin.l one iif tijuiii luriiied fruit, 

 wbivli, however, fell nil' liefoie attaining to their 

 fulUize. I inscrKii.llio bmU in the brandies, 

 about 4i feet from llie groiiiul, and tliey are fonu- 

 iuK liundsonH', straiirht trees. I have no donbt 

 but the coiiimon red cherry of New Eii)iland will 

 furnish excolleiit stocks for nny ftreign clieiry.. 

 Plymouth, Oct. l-l, 1829. J. T. 



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>qfL,fHK JSKW KNOLANO >'AR>i>:n. 



AGRICUI-TLRAL PllEMlLM.S. 



Tlie Dirtctofs of our State Airriculuiral Society, 

 in the jlegulations fur tlie late Show, gave notice, 

 as usual, that iiremtmns not called liir within a 

 given time, would •' be considered a.* generously 

 given to aid the funds of the Society." I cannot 

 sec the wisdom of giving so broad a hint to the 

 successful aspirants not to claim the awarded 

 prize. Its tendency h, to make the .Tccepfance 

 come to be considered as not altogether honorable, 

 and thus to de'feat the whole object of proposing 

 preniinms. There is a class, to whom |niblic spirit, 

 and the honor of distinction, arc a suliicient mo- 

 tive, without the pecuniary consideration. There 

 fs anotlier class, who are content to seize the 

 prize, and neglect the hint. There is a third class, 

 who reipiiro the influence of all these motives 

 united, to induce them to enter the lists, but who 

 would scorn to accept a premium oflered with so 

 ill a grace. 



The |iroprietors of the North American Review, 

 give a dollar ajiage for their matter. I have been 

 tolil, that a few years since, it was so common for 

 the writers'to refuse the bonus, that to maiutnin 

 its efficacy as a stimulus to exertion, the proprie- 

 tors adopted the rule, to publish nothing for which 

 the compc^nsaiion was not paid. If agricultural 

 premiums are to be really eflicient, I suspect a 

 Biniilur course must be followed. Perhaps I am 

 wrong. I have written as the suhjeet appeared to 

 mc, for the ciyinmon good, having iio personal 

 concern in the matter. - '■ W. 



One row ucruks llio piece I pin ii ted -with <|U 



>inrill potatoes, wliicb weigjied jierjiaps li oui 

 e.iili. Ne.xt to this I planted a row of large > 

 which weighed, I lliink, not less than 10 oiii 

 ; — by the side of this, a row of large 



Avilh seed, and he raised about 20 husbfls, but ' rod-' of ground, 1 had by measure, 300 bushels 



owing to a fiiin soil n considerable proportion were I potatoes. 



of n small size. The present season the eniiie I On this ground, and undcrthcse circunistai.i 



gentleman lias raised aliout. 80 I.ubIicIs and ihey ! the ex|«riiiieni was iiiadc- 



are of a good size. He used plaster of Paris in the 



bills, but )io manure. I believe the [.roduce is not 



so abundant as from some other varieties, and they 



rcrpiire a strong soil. Dr Mease in his letter to 



me savs, " I hope the diflcrence between the clr- 



maleoftho OM Colony and Pwinsylvauia will 1 nit in two, lengthways ;— next, a row cut rro 



not cause any difference in the qualitv of the po-l ways, llie seed ends phinled by themselves. WJ 



tatocs, which here, are finer than any 1 ever ate,' ibc j.otatoes were cut, the pieces wire placed 



foreign or domestic. But justice must be done in j same distance apart jn the rows thai the wli 



the boiling: they must not be allowed to remain ones were. 



a minute in the water after they are done, the wn- 1 I Lave found, upon gathering my crop, that 



tor must be poured off and the p.Uatoes should ro- ' row planted with small potatoes, yielded at 



main a few minutes loevaporale all the moisture; rate of- 75 pounds to 20 hills, (or rather to 



they will be then dry and floury, and ,he flavor seed potatoes planted 18 inches apart m the lo- 



(.„„ „ the large ones yielded at the rale of 60 pi.ii 



fine." 



yielded at tlie rate oi f>0 | 

 from the same number; the large ones cut in t 

 Irngthway.s, 80 pounds ; the seed ends Od, 

 the root, or butt ends, 72 pounds. Prrlia| 

 slioiild mention that the row of seed and i 

 ends was an outside row, nud of course was 

 ::o much sliaded with ihe lops as the others Wf 

 a circumstance that I did not think of whe 



Some difficulty is found in boiling them to pre- , 



vent their crimiblingin pieces; but when brought | 



on the table they are of a pure white color, floury | 



and excellent ill flavor; and a valuable property 1 



in them is, that they retain all their excellent »pial- i 



hies till Alay or June, though 1 believe it best, as 



with all winter vegetables, to cover them in sand. I , , , , ,. , i . • .i . 



, , , ' , r I <• .u 1,' •,„, I) anted them ; but wiich seemed to give that 



I shall jn a few days forward some of the 1' oxues | ' " 



to Mr Kvssi;n.'s Seed Store, that they may have 



a trial among your connoisseurs. i 



1 am, respectfuUv, vours, 



■ JAMES THACHER. 



Plymo'ilh, Oct. 19, 1829. 



(CFDr TiiAf HER is thanked for his polite and friKndly ; 

 offer, ll will be seen by a letter from Judge Bckl, on \ 

 the first page of this day'.s pnper, that he has sent a 

 quantity of this fire variety of the most important of 

 vegetables, for distribution among the members of the 

 Massachusetts HorticuItur.il Society. 



FOB THE NEM' ESCI.ANO FARMER. 



an advantage over the rest. In all other rcsp 

 I think the trial was fair. 

 Resjiectfullv yours, 



4'IIILANDER W.\RE 

 Franklin, Ms. Oct. 20, 1829. 



Ql INCE TREES— QUERY. 

 Mr Fesse.nue.n — I wish you or some of j 

 correspondents would ii-liirm me how many y 

 from the seed, it usually is, before the Uu 

 conies to bearing? — and wlinher serdlinL' *lu 

 slocks would be likely lo bear sooner if bu< 

 from bearing trees ? Yours, &c. 



Fasting. — Distinct from religious ordin; 

 and anchorite zeal, fasting has been frequenil 

 commended and practised, as a means of n i 



roR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



rOXITE POTATOES. 



Mr Editor — If that valuable variety of the 

 potat9 ciilleil Funic, is not ciiltiv.iled by the fiirmers 

 in your vicinity, I will take the liberty to rccom- 

 ineiid them as deserving their iittontion. In llie 

 Summer of 1826 I was favored with a visit from 

 my resper-ied Irieiid l)r James Micask, of Phihi- 

 delptiiu, Vieo President of the I'emi-'ybania Agii- 

 cultural Society, lie observed to me tiiat he had 

 not in New England mni with any potatoes which 

 could eoniparo with the Eoxites, and that they 

 were in Peiinnylvania valued as superior to all 

 «tliers. Ill April following he kindly forwarded 

 \p uie about half a bushel, which I plaiiteil, and 

 (he produce answered my cxfiectatioiis. In the 

 i^pring of 182S I furnished Jus. D.tnTj.iiTT, Ehi|. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Mr Fessenuen — In page 353, vol. vii. of your 

 paper, in a communication on the culture of the 



Potato your correspondent ".Vo Theorist," invites ing incipient diseases, and of restoring the bu< 

 or " challcnges-to a course of experiments," those its customary healthful sensations. Howard 

 interested in ascertaining the best mode of propa- celebrated philaiitbropist, used lo fast one ila 

 gating them ; the result to be cominuiiicated to ilic week. Franklin, for a perioil, diil the s 

 you. ; Napoleon, when he felt his system unstrung, 



Two or three weeks before the date of the jia- ' pended his wonted repast, and took excrci-i 

 per which contains the invitation, for my own per- horseback. The listof distingiii.'-hed names ii: 

 somil salisfaction, I commenccil a course of e,\- if necessary, be increased — but why adduce 

 pcriments similar to those " No Theorist" was thority in favor of a practice wliicb the instiin 

 about making. It was on n piece of land froin ilic brute creation leads them to adopt, when 

 which I had last year at the rate of about 2 tons they are sick. Happily for them they baM 

 lo the acre of herds grass and red top hay. Ini- meddling prompters in the shape of well iim:ii 

 medialely after the hay was taken from it — ] friends, to force a stomaih already eufecbUd 

 about the middle of July, the ground was plough- i loathing its customary food, to digest this or 

 ed smooth, and faithfully harrowed and sowed, delicacy — soup, jelly, custard, chocolate and 

 with I'jigri.-h turnips, but wilhout success, for my ! like, 

 iiirnips were not worlli gathering. About the 

 middle of last .\|iril it was crossploiighed, and 

 stable manure evenly S|ireail upon it, at the rale 

 of about 20 cart loads to an acre. This was 

 ploughed in, the ground harrowed smooth ; and 

 then, witb'oiit furrowing, I planted my liotiuoes ill 

 rows 3.^ feet apart : the polaloes were placed in 

 the rows 18 inches apart. Instead g(' furiowin'^l 



jjffrclion. — To sec a father treating his sons 

 rider broihers, and to see sons roveling 

 father's eompany and conversation, bciaiise 

 think him the wi^-est and most agreeable nil 

 tbuir acipiainlaner, is the most amiable jiii 

 the eye can behold ; it is n transplanied self- 

 as sacn-d as friendship, as pleasurable f 

 iM,~ the usual tnethod, the rows weru^Tormed by'a j °"'' "" '"'1'P.v "s religion can ma ke H.—i>lr,Ul 

 line drawn from one side of the piece lo the other.! 7Jfoi.fi/_I5eaiily soon dcenvs ; but \irliio 

 That this is Ibe 4m/ way of plaiitinp I shall not ; mipp,;; ri-mnin with us, and impro%-c with the 

 say ; but I do think, ilint when circumstonces are ,,,.L.j;e of time. 



favorable, it is the most tjptJilious. The ix.talocsi Reoulv is worse thoii liquor ; it intoxicotci 

 plained were the I,a Phii«H,or long rods. On 110 ,),c i,older and the beholder— Zimm<rman. 



