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" Have raised a number of other varieties the past season. The Enormous is 

 a large potato of good appearance, yield 313 bushels. Early Thoroughbred 

 yielded well, but were not shapely as some, and hardly met expectations. 

 Howe's Premium, 230 bushels per acre, cooks well at time of digging. Sev- 

 eral of the older varieties I shall discard, as there are too many small ones, 

 as the Delaware, Early Rose, Late Rose, Lee's Early Eavorite, Beauty of 

 Hebron, etc. The American Wonder yielded a little better than any other, and 

 is cjuite good. The Joseph is a good yielder, and of good quality; I regard 

 it as among the very best. New Queene gave lowest yield of any, 136 bushels 

 per acre; it does not succeed with me. Eor table use the varieties sent were 

 so uniformally good that I am not able to decide, from one year's trial, which 

 would be the best for this locality. Shall try all another year. Did not 

 weigh the small ones separately, for the reason that they amounted to very 

 little in any variety. \Vhile none of the tubers was very large, nearly all 

 were of good size for table use. This might have been owing to exceptional 

 conditions of the season. 



"I believe the first rule in potato culture should be, " ?u\\-er\7.Q, pulverize, 

 PULVERIZE the soil." With us the newer varieties seem to have more visfor 

 and give better satisfaction." 



Charles P. Jefts, Marloio.^'' The potatoes received from you were planted 

 on moist loam and dug September 8th. There was very little rot in any of 

 them. All of the varieties reported upon I am saving for future use." 



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IV. H. Forbes, Groveton. — " The kind of soil where the varieties were planted 

 was a light clay loam. All of the rows from which the above computations 

 were made were sixteen feet long. All of the varieties rotted more or less, 

 being on the average about one fifth of the total. The long severe drouth in 

 June and July injured the crop very much; and the very hot weather the 

 last of August and the first part of September is the cause, in my opinion, for 

 the large amount of rot. I believe the Algoma, Alexander Perfection, and 

 Virgirosa are the best kinds to raise in my part of the state." 



E. Geo. Rogers of Colebrook, and J. C. Poore of Stewartstown, reported 

 that potatoes were a light crop this season with them, and the rot and late 

 frosts rendered their reports valueless. 



