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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 1 
Pluralisms 
THE R. N.-Y. POTATO FLOWER¬ 
POT EXPERIMENT. 
WHAT IS THE BEST 
OUT WHICH ARE 
ABLE KINDS 
METHOD OF FINDING 
THE MOST PBOFIT- 
OF POTATOES ? 
A New Method Proposed and Tried. 
ALL OF OUR POTATO-INTERESTED READERS 
AND THE EXPERIMENT STATIONS WERE 
SOLICITED TO CO-OPERATE. 
and 
Part III. 
Yield of the Flower-Pot Potatoes 
Outside Check Varieties 
No. 24 — Enormous. —From J. J. H. Gregory, 
Marblehead, Mass. — Seed, 6 pieces — 3 whole 
tubers cut in half lengthwise—having, respec¬ 
tively, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 4 eyes, and weighing 20 ounces. 
White bloom. July 12, medium habit; few stems 
to a vine. July 22, green, August 14 somewhat 
green. August 21, still alive. First hill yielded 
3 potatoes, weight 4 ounces; second, 4, weight 
8 ounces; third, 2, weight 8 ounces; fourth, 2, 
weight 6 ounces; fifth, 3 tubers, weight 3 ounces; 
sixth hill missed, being a total of 29 ounces for 5 
hills. 
No. 25.— Carman No. 1.—From Thorburn & Co.— 
Seed, 6 pieces—3 tubers cut in half lengthwise— 
having, respectively, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 4 eyes, and weigh¬ 
ing 16 ounces. July 12, spreading habit, light 
green stems. July 22, mostly green. August 7, 
dying. First hill yielded 4 potatoes, weight 18 
ounces; second, 2, weight 7 ounces; third, 5, 
weight 13 ounces; fourth, 2. weight 8 ounces; 
sixth hill missed, making a total of 53 ounces for 
5 hills. 
No 26.— Sir Walter Raleigh (second lot).— 
From Peter Henderson <fc Co —Seed, 2 tubers cut 
into 5 pieces, having, respectively, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4 
eyes, weighing 16 ounces. Flowers purplish 
white. July 12, tall, slim vines, purple color. July 
22, green. August 7, dying. August 14, dead. 
First hill yielded 7 tubers, weight 12 ounces; 
second hill, 7, weight 10 ounces; third, 4, weight 
10 ounces; fourth, 6, weight 8)4 ounces; fifth, 5, 
weight 13 ounces, being a total of 53)4 ounces 
from 5 pieces. 
No. 27.— Early Andes —From H C. Marsh, Mun- 
cie, Ind.—Seed, 6 entire tubers, one cut in half 
lengthwise, making7 pieces, having, respectively, 
6, 8, 9, 12, 8, 9, 9 eyes, and weighing 22)4 ounces. 
July 12, medium habit. July 22, beginning to die. 
August 7, dead. First hill yielded 6 potatoes, 
weight 5)4 ounces; second, 5, weight 7 ounces; 
third, 4, weight 13 ounces; fourth, 14, weight 19 
ounces; fifth, 7, weight 13 ounces; sixth, 4, 
weight 5 ounces; seventh, 13, weight 17 ounces. 
Total weight for 7 hills, 79)4 ounces. 
bloom. July 12, ample foliage, rather spreading 
habit. July 22, green. August 7, many leaves 
turning brown. August 21, dead. First hill 
yielded 3 potatoes, weight 7 ounces; second, 2, 
weight 11 ounces; third, 3, weight 15 ounces: 
fourth, 3, weight 8 ounces; fifth, 2, weight 10)4 
ounces. A total of 51)4 ounces for 5 hills. 
No. 33.— White Beauty.— From James Vick’s 
Sons, Rochester, N. Y.—Seed, 9 pieces, 4 tubers 
cut in half lengthwise, and 1 whole tuber with 
stem end cut off, having, respectively, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4 f 
4, 3, 3, 3 eyes, and weighing 18)4 ounces. July 12, 
medium habit. August 7, greeD. August 21, dead. 
First hill yielded 5 tubers, weight 3 ounces; 
second, 6, weight 16 ounces; third, 11, weight 4 
ounces; fourth, 8, weight 11)4 ounces; fifth, 6. 
weight 7 ounces; sixth, 5, weight 10 ounces; 
seventh, 3, weight 4)4 ounces; eighth, 4, weight 7 
ounces; ninth, 3, weight 4ounces. A total weight 
of 67 ounces for 9 hills. 
No. 34.— Bovee (second lot).—From Peter Hen¬ 
derson <fe Co.—Seed, 6 pieces, 3 whole tubers cut 
in half lengthwise, having, respectively, 3, 3, 4, 4, 
5, 4 eyes, and weighing 14 ounces. June 17, white 
flowers. July 12, medium habit. July 22, begin¬ 
ning to die. August 7, dead. First hill yielded 6 
tubers, weight 10 ounces; Becond, 8, weight 14% 
ounces; third, 7, weight 8 ounces; fourth, 12, 
weight 15 ounces; fifth, 9, weight 8 ounces; sixth, 
2, weight 4 ounces. A total of 59)4 ounces for 6 
hills. 
No. 35 —Carman No. 1.—Our own seed Seed, 
8 pieces, being tubers of medium size, so cut 
away on the stem end that all shall weigh pre¬ 
cisely the same, viz., 3 ounces. The eyes are so 
entirely dormant that we could not count 
them. July 12, ample foliage, medium hab¬ 
it. Green stems. July 22, changing a trifle. 
August 21, still alive. First hill yielded 4 tubers 
weighing 9)4 ounces ; second, 1, weight 5)4 
ounces; third, 1, weight 4 ounces; fourth, 3, 
weight 7 ounces; fifth, 6. weight 12 ounces; sixth, 
3, weight 11 ounces; seventh, 8, weight 11)4 
ounces; eighth, 2, 1)4 ounce. Most of tubers 
very scabby. A total weight of 60)4 ounces for 
eight hills. 
No. 36 —Sir Walter Raleigh.— Third lot. Home 
seed. Seed, 7 pieces, all whole tubers except one, 
and from this a small piece v as cut off Ihe seed 
end. All weighed the same, viz., 3 ounces; eyes 
so dormant that we could not estimate them cor¬ 
rectly. The seed tubers may have been injured 
by frost, having been kept in the cellar. July 12, 
upright habit, purple stems, dark green foliage. 
July 29, green. August 7, same. August 14, still 
alive. August 21, dead. First hill yielded 9 
tubers, weight 13 ounces; second, 4, veight 5 
ounces; third, 6, weight 9 ounces; fourth, 2, 
weight 3 ounces; fifth, 11, weight 9 ounces; sixth, 
4, weight 9)4ounces; seventh, 5, weight 15ounces. 
Perfect shape, smooth. A total weight of 63)4 
ounces for seven hills. Next week we shall give 
the yields of the “outside” potatoes for compar¬ 
ison. 
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No. 28.— Pat’s Choice.— From W. H Heald, 
Letcher, South Dakota.—Seed, 6 pieces—3 whole 
tubers cut lengthwise—having, respectively, 7, 7, 
7, 7, 6, 6 eyes, and weighing 18 ounces. Purple 
flower. “ Seedling of Seneca Beauty, two weeks 
earlier.” Pat’s Choice is said to set its potatoes 
early, and to continue their growth the entire 
season. July 12, between upright and spreading 
habit. July 22, green. August 7, turning yellow. 
August 21, dead. First hill yielded 6 tubers, 
weight 11 ounces; second, 7, weight 8)4 ounces; 
third, 6, weight 10 ounces; fourth, 7, weight 15 
ounces; fifth, 5, weight 6 ounces; sixth, 3, 
weight 7)4 ounces. A total weight of 58 ounces 
for 6 hills. 
No. 29.— Standard. —From Henry A. Dreer.— 
Seed, 8 pieces; 6 whole tubers, and 1 cut in half, 
lengthwise, having, respectively, 3, 8, 8, 6, 6, 6, 6, 
7 eyes, and weighing 32 ounces. June 17, white 
b oom. July 12, spreading habit. July22, chang¬ 
ing slightly. August 14, dead. First hill yielded 
3 tubers weighing 10)4 ounces; second, 5, weight 
17)4 ounces; third, 3, weight 9)4 ounces; fourth, 
6, weight 21 ounces; fifth, 2, weight 11 ounces; 
sixth, 2, weight 8 ounces; seventh, 6, weight 16)4 
ounces; eighth, 2, weight 11)4 ounces. Best 
yield thus far. Potatoes shapely, somewhat 
flattened, few eyes. Total weight of 105 ounces 
for 8 hills. 
No. 30.— Early Ohio —From J. M. Thorburn & 
Co.—Seed, 4 pieces, 2 whole tubers cut in half 
lengthwise, having respectively, 4, 6, 6, 5 eyes, 
and weighing 14 ounces. July 12, between spread¬ 
ing and upright habit. Dark green foliage, 
purplish stems. July 22, green. July 29, begin¬ 
ning to turn yellow. August 14, dead. Fu-st hill 
yielded 5 tubers, weight 3 ounces; second, 7, 
weight 15 ounces; third, 7, weight 16 ounces; 
fourth, 7, weight 12 oun es. A total of 46 ounces 
for 4 hills. 
No 31.— Carman No. 3.—From J. M. Thorburn 
& Co.—Seed, 6 pieces, 3 tubers cut in half length¬ 
wise, having, respectively, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4 eyes, and 
weighing 21 ounces. July 12, upright habit, 
purplish stems. July 22, green. August 7, many 
leaves brown. August 21, dead. First hill yielded 
3 tubers, weight 3 ounces; second, 6, weight 10)4 
ounces; third, 3, weight 5)4 ounces; fourth, 4, 
weight 5)4 ounces; fifth, 5, weight 9)4 ounces; 
sixth, 5, weight 8 ounces. A total of 42 ounces 
for 6 hills. 
No 32.— Uncle Sam —From Peter Henderson & 
Co.—Seed, 5 pieces, having, respectively, 4, 5, 4, 3, 
4 eyes, and weighing 13 ounces. June 17, white 
Tiie Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station has 
issued a warning to farmers and fruit growers 
against men who have been going about the State 
selling peach trees purporting to be proof against 
the yellows. These men declare that the trees 
offered by them were started in Canada, fiom 
seed brought from France, and that they are 
not only free from the germs of disease, but they 
are also so hardy on account of their growth in a 
northern latitude, that they are not subject to the 
disease when transplanted. It is surprising that 
a warning against these claims should be neces¬ 
sary, but the Station authorities say that hun¬ 
dreds of farmers in northern Ohio have been 
swindled, some having paid five times what a 
thoroughly acclimated tree could be secured for 
from a responsible nurseryman. The Canadian 
nurserymen disclaim any knowledge of such a 
tree as the tree peddlers offer. 
Adulterated Seeds.— The seed of Bromus in- 
ermis is being adulterated with seeds of Meadow 
Fescue, as high as 25 per cent having been found 
in samples sent to us for test. The principal im¬ 
purities in good samples should be chaff and 
breakage, as the seed, as usually grown, is prac¬ 
tically free from the seeds of other plants. The 
presence of a large amount of seeds like those of 
Meadow Fescue can almost certainly be taken as 
an attempt at fraud. Farmers should send 
samples of their principal seeds early in the 
season to their State experiment stations or the 
Depai tment of Agriculture for test. In this way, 
they will frequently save themselves from plant¬ 
ing inferior seeds, and weed seeds. We shall be 
glad to report promptly on the purity of any 
samples sent to us, and indue time, on the ger¬ 
mination also. We shall be glad to send proper 
blanks to any one desiring vo send us seed, or 
they can send the seed on at once, and the blank 
will be forwarded to them to be filled out upon 
its receipt. r j. pieters. 
In Charge of Bure Seed Investigations. 
Department of Agriculture, Washington. 
Long Drawn Out. —The strawberry supply of 
New York City, which, 25 years ago, lasted for 
about a month, has been extended to more than 
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the Norfolk season lasts through May. Mary¬ 
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Boston gets strawberries from Nova Scotia 
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August, and New York has received the berries 
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seems, however, that city people are usually 
tired of strawberries by the time peaches begin 
to come, and this last named fruit is received 
much earlier than formerly. 
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