REPORTS FROM CORRESPOXDENTS 6 1 



Artluir Woods, Bath. — "The varieties received this year were all planted in 

 old strawberry bed loam, which resulted in all of them being more or less 

 scabby. They were dug September ist, and were free from rot. Victor 

 Rose (68) were the earliest. Governor Rusk (80) were very uneven, varying 

 from very small to one pound in size." 



George W. BurnJumi, North Dorchester. — "The potatoes were planted the 

 25th of May, on sandy loam, towards the south and east. Last year the land 

 had a light coat of stable manure, and raised beans. This year a good 

 dressing of stable manure was applied, and the seed cut one eye to the piece 

 and two pieces in hill, with phosphate in hill. But each year has its draw- 

 back. We had a severe drouth of five weeks, not one drop of rain, and seven 

 without enough to wet down the hills; so the yield was smaller than it would 

 otherwise have been. Although the potatoes were fair size, they did not 

 average large. Enough set, however, to have had a large crop. Sir Walter 

 Raleigh (Si) rotted and were scabby; all other varieties equally good." 



C. P. Oliii, Lyjfian. — "The soil in which the potatoes were planted was a 

 black loam, lying across a knoll. There was practically no rot, excepting 

 that of the Sir William, which was about fifty per cent., and besides, very 

 scabby. For an early potato I prefer the Early Roberts (No. 85) ; the vines 

 plainly indicated that it led all the others in growth. For market, should 

 prefer the Fill Basket (86) ; it grew the largest number of salable ]:otatoes." 



y.lV. Blair, IVoodsville. — "The potatoes sent me were planted May nth, in 

 a light, sandy soil. King of the Earliest (96) was ripe and dug upon Aug. 

 20; the remainder were dug Aug. 30th Somerset (66) and Country Gentle- 

 man (16) did not do as well as the others." 



G. IV. Ativood, Ashland. — " The potatoes received from the Experiment 

 Station were planted on river intervale land, above high water; sandy loam, 

 broken up last fall. A little manu^e was spread on furrows and well har- 

 rowed in this spring. Planted May 7th, in rows three feet apart, dropping 

 the seed, which was cut to two eyes to the piece, about fifteen inches apart in 

 the row. The rows were furrowed out about four inches deep, and 1.500 

 pounds of Essex Complete Potato Fertilizer was spread in the rows. A 35- 

 pound chain, folded, was used to fill the furrows and mix the fertilizer. 

 Covered with a spring-tooth harrow, first lengthwise, and then cross the fur- 

 rows ; a few were dragged out. The piece was harrowed with a spring-tooth 

 harrow before many of them came up ; a Breed weeder was run through two 

 or three times, and a light hoeing given. About July 20th the barn grass 

 came up, and \\t went through them again. Sprayed once with the Bordeaux 

 mixture. The Carman Xo. 3 (11) sent me last year, were very good. My 

 potatoes did not set well, very few in a hill, but all good size ; some hills had 

 but one or two very large potatoes. I attributed the cause to dry weather." 



