272 CORRESPONDENCE. 



We have now nothing farther to say than to dissuade 

 from the practice of fall-setting, feeling confident that 

 much is gained by setting in the spring. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



To the Editor of the Boston Cultivator : 



Dear Sir, — I noticed, in your Cultivator of last 

 week, a communication stating the result of an experi- 

 ment made by planting the Rohan and long red pota- 

 toes, by way of comparison, with which I was much 

 interested. I, sir, have tried an experiment this season 

 on potatoes, though mine was not a comparison be- 

 tween different kinds of potatoes and between different 

 manners of seeding with the same kind. I have often 

 heard it said that the eyes of potatoes might be cut out 

 and planted, and the main body of the potatoes saved 

 for consumption, and the crop be equally good. Feel- 

 ing anxious to ascertain the truth on this subject, and 

 likewise to know the relative value of small and large 

 potatoes, whole and cut ones. &c. I resolved to satisfy 

 myself by experiment. The spot I selected for the 

 experiment was prepared and manured as nearly alike 

 in every part as possible : the strip of ground was only 

 wide enough for two rows : this strip I divided into six 

 pieces containing four hills each, and each piece of 

 four hills I seeded differently from every other; and, 

 although it was quite late (the first of July) when I 

 planted them, and my crop small, as I expected, yet I 

 do not know why the comparison would not be just, 

 the lateness of the season being as favorable for one 

 plan of seeding as for another. Last week I dug my 

 experiment field, as I called it. I dug each lot of four 

 hills by itself, and v/eighed them myself, that I might 

 feel satisfied that there was no mistake in weighing. 

 For the sake of convenience, I shall give you the 



