worthy of general cullivalion. 135 



the Cullivator, as well as some other agricultural journals, 

 several communications upon the Rohan potato, and all agree, 

 to the number of eight or ten individuals, some of whom iiave 

 raised them five years, that, so far as regards their productive- 

 ness, they are fully equal to all that has been stated about 

 them, and far excel any of our common varieties in their re- 

 markable yield. One correspondent raised one hundred 

 and ninety bushels from two bushels, another, two hundred 

 bushels from two and a half bushels, some of the potatoes 

 weighing five pounds each. 



Mr. J. A. Thompson, of Catskill, who was one of the 

 first to introduce them, states, that if they are properly cul- 

 tivated — the potatoes planted about the 20th of May, and 

 allowed to remain in the ground till very late in the autumn, 

 even after the tops have been killed by frost, and when dug, 

 taken to a cellar, or some other place, where they can be 

 covered with sand or even grass, that they will fully answer 

 the expectations of any cultivator. When there have been 

 fair opportunities to test the Rohan in comparison with others, 

 " the result has been most decidedly in its favor, over all 

 other varieties compared with it." It keeps well, and Mr. 

 Thompson observes that he has eaten them the " last of June, 

 as solid and firm as in January." We have seen several of 

 our friends since the period we have referred to, and they, 

 with scarcely an exception, give it as their opinion, that the 

 Rohan is not only the most productive variety they ever 

 raised, but is equally as good, and in many instances better, 

 than any of our common sorts. We therefore hope that it 

 will have a fair trial the present year, when its value can be 

 as definitely settled as that of any of the older varieties. 



Rhubarb. — The cultivation of rhubarb is yearly extend- 

 ing, and it has become so indispensable an article for tarts, in 

 the early part of the season, that immense quantities are now 

 sold in our markets; it therefore is somewhat of an object 

 with all individuals who cultivate the plant, particularly with 

 those who grow for the market, to secure the earliest and best 

 kinds, as it is in the early part of the season, when it is yet 

 scarce, that it commands a price which affords a handsome 

 profit to the cultivator. 



The Tobolsk rhubarb. — In our IV., p. 88, we describ- 

 ed at length the qualities of this new and celebrated varie- 

 ty. Since then, we have not only had occasion to notice 

 considerable that has been said in favor of it, but have had 



