Proceedings of the Farjiebs'' Club. 725 



Early Mohawk Potato. 



A statement taken from the minutes of the Monmouth County 

 Agricultural Society, was read by Mr. J. B. Lyman, showing that the 

 prize of $200, offered by Mr. John C. Conover, for the best acre of 

 potatoes, was given to a field planted with the Early Mohawk. The 

 same paper also showed the superiority of Mr. Eichard A. Leonard, 

 of that county, in general firming, and especially in raising potatoes, 

 asparagus, grapes, watermelons and onions. The yield of potatoes 

 was 127 barrels per acre. 



Dr. F. M. Hexamer. — The yield is certainly extraordinary. "We 

 can get as large crops from the later varieties not fit for table use, but 

 of the early, these figures are unprecedented. Early ripening sorts do 

 not as a rule keep well. The Mohawk is a potato of great value, and 

 Improves as winter approaches. Another advantage in growing this 

 sort is that you can dig in time to get the ground ready for fall plant- 

 ing. My Early Roses rot badly. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — My Early Roses keep remarkably well, none 

 better, which may be owing to difference in soil. 



Mr. F. D. Curtis. — Last season I planted Mokawk and Rose with 

 my own hands on my farm in Saratoga county, and when dug the 

 former were found to be twice a large as the latter, and of better 

 quality. I would caution those who have heavy, cold, clay soil, 

 to select some other sort in preference to the Early Rose. 



Mr. John Crane. — In my experience, Mohawk does not compare at 

 all with the Rose, nor even with Goodrich, but is about equal to Har- 

 rison, which though yielding largely, has not been found good for 

 eating. 



Mr. William Williams. — I have grown the Rose from the first on 

 heavy clay soil at my place in Montclair, and have not found the 

 decay which Mr. Curtis speaks of; on the contrary, the keeping 

 quality is excellent, and the table quality first-class. 



The Best Tkuck Gkower in New Jersey. 

 From the same paper an account was read of the gross sales of pro- 

 duce from Mr. Leonard's farm of 100 acres, for the year 1869 : 



Asparagus $2, 859 71 



Early potatoes 2,367 13 



Watermelons 1 , 861- 15 



Grapes 907 73 



Sixty tons of hay, twentv dollars per ton 1,200 00 



Apples .' .' ." 422 00 



