to that of hen's eggs. In the spring of 18 "25 they were planted 

 in forty hills about four feet apart, and the produce was three 

 bushels and four quarts. 



The greater part of the potatoes bore a strong resemblance to 

 the original stock from which the seeds were taken. There were 

 apparently eight or ten different kinds, some of them of very fine 

 form and qualities. I have preserved the several kinds and shall 

 plant them separately another year. Some of the potatoes were, 

 of a large size and would weigh a pound or more. 



Danvers, Oct. 4, 1825. DANIEL PUTNAM. 



Col. Jesse Puinam'^s account of his manner of raising potatoes from 



the seed. 

 The potatoes offered by the subscriber for the premium were 

 raised from the seed gathered in the autumn of 1823 and planted in 

 the year 1824, in two rows about ten feet long and two feet apart, 

 and produced nearly half a peck of potatoes. In the spring of 

 1825 these were planted on less than two poles and three fourths 

 of land, and produced three bushels and a half of potatoes, which 

 are much larger than any common potatoes. I tliink the produce 

 not more than one half of what it would have been in a common 

 season for potatoes. The seeds were taken from the balls of the 

 white potatoes. We have boiled some of them and find them of 

 a superior qualitv. I think there are as many as six different 

 kinds, though I send but four. JESSE PUTNAM. 



Danvers, Oct. 4, 1825. 



Asa Perley^s account of raising potatoes from the seed contained in 

 the green balls. 

 In the autumn of 1822 I collected four or five clusteers of green 

 balls from the potatoe vines, and in the spring of 1823, on the 

 19th of April I sowed the seeds which I obtained from them ; the 

 bed in which I sowed them was prepared in a manner similar to 

 the one which is usually prepared for soAving carrot or beet seed. 

 The bed was eight feet in length and two in width and produced 

 nine different kinds of potatoes, which measured one pint. They 

 were very small, some of the kinds were ripe early, others con- 

 tinued to grow until nipped by the frost. 



