ON FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 77 



Franklin county in this state, through Dr. J. E. Fisk, of 

 Salem, as the best in quality, and nearly if not quite 

 as prolific as the Long Red or River Plate, which is so 

 well known in our county ; but being a late potato, 

 they were not harvested in season. It is the opinion of 

 those who have raised them the past season, that they 

 are in quality and bearing superior to any other variety 

 cultivated in our vicinity. The following letter from a 

 farmer in Beverly, Avho planted two barrels of this kind 

 late in the spring, was addressed to the Chairman of the 

 Committee, is here inserted. 



Beverly, Dec. 27, 1841. 

 Mr. John M. Ives : 



Dear Sir — The potatoes which I had of you I planted 

 on a rich, loamy soil, which had been broken up a week 

 or two previous, with a good shovel full of barn-yard 

 manure in each hill, which was all that was used on the 

 land. In consequence of my thinking them to be early 

 potatoes, they were not planted till the first or second 

 week in June, but notwithstanding the lateness of the 

 season in which they were planted, and the remarkably 

 dry summer, they yielded as well as the Long Red, if not 

 better; although they did not attain to much more than 

 half their usual size. In quality, they are fully equal to 

 the best Eastern Chenangoes, if not even superior to 

 them. I am decidedly of the opinion, that, taking into 

 consideration their superiority, both in quality and in 

 iheir yield, they are the best and most profitable potato for 

 cultivation which have ever come under my observation. 



Respectfully yours, 



LUKE MORGAN. 



This potato in form resembles the Chenango or 

 Mercer, and from the description of a new potato 

 which was cultivated the past season, in the county of 

 Worcester, and there called the Snow Ball, from its 

 whiteness after cooking, we apprehend it is one and the 

 same. 



