120 Notes and Gleanings. 



Sweet-potatoes yield three hundred bushels, or a hundred barrels, and upward, 

 per acre. Early potatoes bring a dollar to a dollar and fifty cents per bushel ; 

 and there are many farmers who clear every year the value of the land devoted 

 to potatoes. 



We saw one farm of two hundred acres, leased with buildings, on the half- 

 share plan, which netted to the tenant, over his expenses, for his own portion, 

 the good sum of ten thousand dollars ; and the produce was solely grass, corn, 

 potatoes, and wheat. 



Tomatoes will eventually be a big thing. At St. George's, a grower sent to 

 New York and Boston the tomatoes raised from an acre of ground ; and the net 

 result was seven hundred dollars. One grower near Dover realized four hun- 

 dred dollars per acre for tomatoes sold at twenty-five cents per basket to the 

 canning establishment : the tomatoes wer€ described as being so thick, that it 

 was impossible to pass over the ground without stepping on them. A case 

 occurred at Camden of a man who cultivated an acre and a half on half-shares' 

 with the owner. The tomatoes were sold for twenty-five cents per basket ; and 

 at the end of the season he handed the owner two hundred and seventy-five 

 dollars, or a hundred dollars more than the land was worth. Such results are 

 remarkable, but are not safe enough to form estimates upon for large culture. 

 Four hundred to five hundred bushels can be considered a good yield per acre. 

 The first shipments realize, perhaps, five dollars per crate ; then the price falls 

 steadily to a dollar, and the majority over fifty cents. 



Beets have been exhibited at an agricultural fair, weighing fourteen pounds ; 

 and four filled a bushel-basket. One thousand bushels of corn have been raised 

 from fifteen acres ; one acre, eighty-eight bushels ; one hill, two stalks, together 

 containing eleven ears. 



There is no reason why all kinds of vegetables may not be grown in Dela- 

 ware, and successfully supply New York two weeks earlier than they now do. 

 Rhubarb and asparagus will pay finely. Cucumbers, beets, lettuce, spinach, 

 cabbages, cauliflowers, egg-plants, onions, — all will do well. 



Railroad transportation is easy and quick, and rates are fair. I can hardly 

 see what there is to prevent the State from rising from her position, as one of 

 the smallest in the Union, to one where she can claim eminence on account of 

 her wealth and successful fruit and garden cultivation. — Henry T. Williams, in 

 Cultivator and Country Gentleman. 



Ben Davis vs. Bellflower. — The Bellflower Apple (frequently called the 

 Yelloiv Bellflower improperly, the true name of that known as the White Bell- 

 flower being Ortley) is, to my taste, one of the very best of apples ; and such 

 too, I think, is the judgment passed upon it, with great unanimity, by public 

 opinion. In a scale of five, it has fairly taken rank among the number 

 ones. 



Of the Ben Davis (synonyme Red Pippin and New-York Pippin), — an apple 

 which of late is attracting much attention throughout the country, particularly 

 in the West, — there is not so much uniformity of opinion. It certainly will not 

 stand so high as number one : and the question is, rather, whether it should be 



