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I can say from experience that they can stand the winter far better than the potatoes 

 that come from the States. They are in a better condition in the spring. During 

 the winter they are just like new potatoes from the ground all winter. 



I will be very much obliged to you if you will send me some more seeds. I would 

 like to try them next spring. 



Yours, truly, Fred Hannila. 



Prof. C. C. Georgeson, 



U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



SUCCEEDS IN SPITE OF ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES. 



Hoonah, Alaska, October 8, 1901. 



Dear Sir: In making report of my garden this year there are two factors tending 

 to make my report worthless. The first is the deep snow of the preceding winter, 

 and the second is the fact of my absence from Hoonah from July 9 to September 4. 

 Gardens don't grow without care, and much of mine was hoed only once, and 

 was never thinned. 



Owing to the great snow — it was 20 feet deep against our house — our garden was 

 late in being planted. My first was planted May 7, on the south o£ a building 

 and with snow only a few feet distant. This produced fine lettuce, peas, wax beans, 

 beets, and radishes. Rhubarb seeds also produced good plants. This ground had 

 been fertilized with chicken manure and partly with ashes. It had never been 

 planted before. Some of the beets were transplanted and did equally well. 



On May 20 I dug my first parsnips of the preceding year, which had been sealed 

 up by snow and frost during the winter. They were a good size and excellent in 

 quality. 



During the same week I planted more garden, also some flowers. This gave some 

 nice cabbage and beets. Horehound and sage did fairly well. Celery and asparagus 

 failed to appear, even after planting a second time. Parsley did well. 



Of the flowers planted nasturtiums seem to own the country ; they grow so luxuri- 

 antly. Poppies and marigolds — the latter from seeds 5 years old — gave excellent 

 results. Mignonette and sunflowers did well. The latter have seed disks fully 6 

 inches in diameter, but I don't think the seeds will mature. Pansies from the 

 seeds produced some of the finest flowers possible. 



I sowed the clover seed partly on ground dug for the purpose and partly among 

 other grass. The first has done nicely. Only a little of the other came up, as the 

 season was dry. 



My last planting was June 12 — carrots, parsnips, beets, potatoes. Were not thinned, 

 and hoed only once, so of course they are small. But I have learned that potatoes 

 will do as well if only the skins are planted as the large pieces. 



Some of the seeds were secured from Peter Henderson, but I am unable to say 

 which varieties gave the best results. When we came here we brought a variety 

 of peas with us in a package labeled "Klondike Seeds," which we consider a much 

 better producer than the variety you sent. We have forgotten the name but wish 

 we could secure it again. It grew taller and was much lighter in color than this. 



Many of the natives planted seeds that you sent, but I don't know the results. 



Hoping to be able next year to write more accurately, and thanking you for past 

 favors, I am, 



Sincerely, yours, 



(Rev.) Wm. M. Carle. 



Prof. C. C. Georgeson, Sitka, Alaska. 



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