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SEEDLING POTATOES. 



Bradford, Oct. 29, 1879. 

 To the Trustees of the Essex Agricultvral Society ; — 



Gentlemen : Your Committee on Seedling Potatoes would 

 report that most of ^tlie gentlemen composing said Committee 

 were on tlie same Committee two years since, at which time, 

 Mr. Rufus Goodwin of Haverhill (Ayer's Village) presented 

 for premium a seedling potato, raised from a ball of the Early 

 Rose. Tills seed was planted in 1878. Your Committee, in 

 1877, made a full report and advised a further trial. A par- 

 ticular i-eference is hereby made to that report (as constituting 

 a part of this report) which may be found in the Transactions 

 of the Society, published in 1877, page 84. 



In accordance with the recommendation contained therein, 

 Mr. Goodwin placed in the hands of one of the committee, 

 Mr. Levi Emery, of Lawrence, some of those potatoes from 

 which he, Mr. Emery, raised many bushels the past season. Mr. 

 Emery stated to your committee, at its meeting in Lynn, on the 

 day of Hie Annual Fair, that the yield was very good, and the 

 potatoes large and fair ; that the cooking qualities were equal 

 to or better than the Early Rose, and that when crushed on 

 the plate, were whiter ; that his experiment was conducted 

 with a great deal of care, and that, in his judgment, the said 

 seedling was, at least, one week earlier than the Early Rose, 

 from which it originated and which it much resembles. The 

 only marked difference consists in much larger indentations 

 for the eyes. This peculiarity your Committee noticed two 

 years since, and also in the potatoes raised by Mr. Emery and 

 presented at the Fair in Lynn the present season. 



In view of all the evidence presented, your Committee unan- 

 imously agreed to recommend that the premium of -f 25.00 be 

 given to Mr. Rufus Goodwin for his Seedling Potato, which it 

 names Goodwin Seedling. All of which is respectfully sub- 

 mitted. 



Geo. Cogswell, Chairman. 



