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which more attention should be paid, to some the 

 most profitable kinds. Maine is looked to for the sup- 

 ply of superior sorts of this vegetable ; and, though we 

 will not deny that the soil and climate of that State are 

 every way suited to the potato, yet we believe that, 

 by proper culture, and attention to the sowing of seed, 

 crops of as excellent quality may be raised in any other 

 part of New England. 



The very fact that the potato is so commonly and 

 generally used at the tables of both the rich and 

 the j30or, and that the crop rarely if ever fails, is the 

 cause of their being so neglected. What we would 

 throw to hogs, or give to the cow, does not seem worth 

 the while to spend time about, to improve the product 

 or the quality of the article, as the gain would be less 

 than the labor. But this is a widely mistaken notion. 

 And in the Rohan potato there is abundant proof of the 

 fallacy of this mode of reasoning. 



We hope^ at some future time, to give some account 

 of all the principal kinds of potatoes that are generally 

 grown ; but want of room now compels me to cut short 

 any further general remarks, and come at once to the 

 Rohan. 



A good deal has been said in the agricultural papers 

 about it, and what I shall state will be, in part, a con- 

 densed account of the various statements which have 

 been published respecting their productiveness, as it is 

 for this quality that 1 mostly look upon its value. The 

 history of its origin has appeared in some of the jour- 

 nals, but, as it may not have met the eyes of your 

 readers, I shall give if now as briefly as possible. 



The Rohan potato takes its name from the Prince 

 de Rohan, of Geneva, in the vicinity of which city it 

 was raised about the year 1830. The man who origi- 

 nated it was so choice of it, and regarded it so highly, 

 that king William could not get him to part with a 

 single tuber. He cultivated it in a little walled enclo- 

 sure ,• had them taken up only in his presence ; kept 



