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For the l»est and most valuable potatoes, taking them for all iu 

 all, raised from the seed of the apples or green balls, samples of 

 which shall be produced at the Society's public exhibition in 

 1825, 'ten dollars. 



For the second best, - - - - seven dollars. 



For the third best, - - - - - jive dollars. 



The claimants are to detail their whole processesj and state 

 the results. 



REMARKS. 



Some sorts may be of superior excellence for their mealiness 

 and flavour, but moderate in their product; some, not so well 

 flavoured, may be very abundant in quantity, and highly valu- 

 able for feeding live stock ; some, very early ripe ; some, grow- 

 ing compactly, and so expeditiously harvested. The sorts 

 which, combining most of these good qualities, shall be judged 

 the most valuable, will be preferably entitled to the premiums, 

 without excluding claims for potatoes of highly superior good- 

 ness, although less productive. To facilitate the execution of 

 these novel experiments, the Committee offer the following 



DIRECTIONS. 



The experimenter, having determined with what sorts of pota-- 

 toes he will make his trials, will gather the balls when the stalks, 

 by their drying, indicate a ripeness in the seeds ; and if they 

 are not quite soft, so that the seeds will easily separate from 

 the pulp, they may be laid by (out of the way of frost) until the 

 pulp becomes soft. Then mash them with the hand, and with 

 the aid of water separate and wash the seeds clean. These, 

 being dried, may be preserved like garden seeds, until the en- 

 suing spring. Then sow them in rows, in a bed of rich garden 

 earth, just as small garden seeds are sown. The rows may be 

 ten inches apart ; and the plants, when grown enough to be 

 thinned, may stand four or live inches asunder. Keep them 

 clear of weeds, and stir the earth between the rows. The su- 

 pernumerary plants, arising from the thinnings, may be trans- 

 planted, if needed, to another bed. 



