34 dreer's garden calendar. 



GOODEIOH'S SEEDLING POTATOES. 



These highly valuable new seedling potatoes, were raised by the 

 late RcY. Chauncey E. Goodrich, Chaplain of the New York State 

 Lunatic Asylum, at Utica, N. Y. He spent 15 years in experimentiijv 

 upon the production of new varieties, and raised over sixteen ihou,sai d 

 seedlin(/s, of which he esteemed the Harrison and the Early Goodricii 

 (which are twin brothers, and seedlings from the Cuzco,) as the very 

 best 



The Hakrison is a white winter variety of high quality and beauty, 

 unequalled in productiveness by any known kind. Mr. Goodrich 

 stated that he had raised at the rate of 600 bushels per acre, when 

 only three years from the seed ball. Price $4 per bushel. $1.25 per 

 peck. 



The Eae.lt Goodrich is the very best and most productive very early 

 potato known. It keeps equally well with the Harrison, and has re- 

 peatedly yielded over 350 bushels per acre. Price $3 00 per bushel, 

 $1.00 per peck. 



Cuzco, large, long, white skin and flesh, deep eyes. Matures about 

 September 15th. Yield very largely, 300 to 400 bushels per acre. — 

 Keeps well. Very profitable for market and stock. $2.50 per bushel. 



I also offer the White Sprout, a white-skinned, and white- 

 fleshed potato, very early and popular in the Philadelphia market. — 

 It is largely grown in New Jersey, and highly esteemed there, as a 

 profitable market variety. $2.50 per bushel. 



CULTIVATION. 



Select strong sod ground, (clover preferred) or a strong dry loam ; 

 manure well and plow and subsoil late m the fall — a sod ploughed in 

 spring is not favorable to early potatoes. 



In Spring again plow, subsoil, harrow, roll and mark out, 3 ft- each 

 way, as for corn. Use only good sound tubers of large size and 

 plant them whole, six inches deep, dropping a good handful of wood 

 ashes, slaked lime, plaster and bone dust or superphosphates, with a 

 little salt, on each potato. Tan bark and green sand marl are also 

 good. By no means use fresh stable manure; it increases the crop but 

 is apt to engender disease. Whole potatoes are to be preferred to 

 cut ones. Mr. Goodrich says, "In the use of a single moderate sized 

 uncut tuber for seed I have often grown 15 pounds to the hill." 



Cultivate often, as shallow and flat as possible, and keep the ground 

 entirely clear of weeds daring the whole season. Never hilt up the crop ; 

 it causes a large growth of small potatoes. Shallow planting has the 

 same efi'ect. Gather in dry weather and dry the potatoes well, tmihr 

 cover, before storing which should be done in a cool, airy, rather daik 

 cellar or in pits in the open ground, or heavily banked up with earth. 



g@°^In storing use one pint of freshly slaked lime, in powder, per 

 bushel of potatoes. It v,-ill elfeclually check any tendency to yot, 



