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use, and Cuzco for feeding purposes, we can ■well dispense with 

 the Chili, Monitor, Prince Albert, Calico and a host of others of 

 like character. Our list of potatoes, like our fruit list, is unneces- 

 sarily long, and with perhaps the exception of a few localities, and 

 varieties especially adapted to them, the wants of the masses can 

 be fully met in the Goodrich Seedling and the White Peach Blow, 

 until an improvement is made thereon. I do not wish to be under- 

 stood as claiming that perfection has been reached, but I do say 

 Mr. Goodrich's labors and success are far in advance of any other, 

 and to him the people of this country owe a debt of gratitude 

 they never can cancel. 



In conclusion, it may be a matter of surprise to some that I have 

 commended so few varieties. That there are others of merit 

 I admit. Localities and soils are as varied as people's tastes, and 

 all effect to a greater or less extent, the estimation in which a 

 variety is held. I do not expect all tastes to agree with mine. I 

 have merely stated what I consider the best, and commended those 

 that I have been most successful with, believing others, with the 

 same varieties and practice, will attain like satisfactory results. 



If, in this brief paper, I have given any hints or suggestions that 

 will untimately tend to benefit any of your readers, I shall feel 

 amply repaid for its preparation. 



At the conclusion of this paper the thanks of the Club were tend- 

 ered to the author. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Mr. J. K. Johnson, Watertown, N. Y. — Last spring I bought a 

 peck each of early Goodrich, Gleason and Harison potatoes, cost- 

 ing four dollars tmd seventy-five cents — rather dear; planted them 

 on thirty rods of good soil; season very dry and unfavorable; yield, 

 early Goodrich, five rows, twelve bushels; Gleason, ten bushels to 

 three rows: Harison, four rows, sixteen bushels. Early Goodrich 

 having more eyes afforded more seed. Two rows Buckeye, planted 

 by the side of the Harison — two rows yield four bushels; two rows 

 Garnet Chili next, yield five bushels. The rows were exactly of a 

 length. Average yield per row, first three sorts, 3.16 bushels; 

 average, last two rows, 2.25 bushels per row. My yield per 

 acre was not very large as you will perceive. I needed light. I 

 think I got well paid for my investment in extra yield, to say noth- 

 ing of price, although, if I would sell I.could get twice or three times 

 the price of common potatoes for all I have. I have none to spare. 



