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miiim, with which it is very nearly allied in looks and taste. 

 Your Committee also had the pleasure of tasting this seedling 

 boiled, and of comparing it with other potatoes cooked in the 

 same manner. Your Committee saw this potato taken from 

 the hills in several localities, and was much pleased with the 

 enthusiasm of Mr. Goodwin in this department of agricul- 

 ture, and also in the apparent honesty shown in presenting 

 his different statements. 



Mr. Goodwin makes this statement in writing to your 

 Committee, under date of Sept. 17, 1877: "In 1873 I 

 planted potato seed from the ball of the Orino potato planted 

 beside the Early Rose. Near them were the Peerless, Davis 

 Seedling, Riley Red, and State of Maine. I got from the 

 seed twelve or fifteen different seedling potatoes. From the 

 one I offer for premium I raised six potatoes in 1873. I 

 planted the six potatoes in 1874, and the yield was one-half 

 bushel. In 1875 raised eight bushels from one-half bushel, 

 on ground manured with common stable manure, three cords 

 on acre, cultivated in. In 1876 planted about six bushels, 

 and raised from them ninety-five bushels, manuring as the pre- 

 vious year. This year I planted seventeen pounds of the 

 seedling, cut in one-eye pieces, and sprouted them in boxes, 

 planted them on May 5th, and the yield was six bushels, with 

 but few small potatoes. Seventeen pounds of the Early 

 Rose, of the same size, treated the same way, yielded four 

 bushels of smaller potatoes and a larger amount of small 

 ones." He says the yield of some planted by him and not 

 sprouted was heavier. 



Mr. Joseph How, under date of Sept. 13, 1877, writes 

 that, "In the spring of 1876 Mr. Rufus Goodwin gave me 

 two of his seedling potatoes, which I planted, and gave him 

 the result. Last spring I planted the proceeds of last year's 

 crop by the side of the Early Rose. The amount of the crop 

 was a very little in favor of the Early Rose. I was not quite 

 satisfied with the experiment. The most convenient place I 

 had to plant them was in the garden, where it was partially 

 shaded, and I think the Early Rose had a little the best 



