THE 
HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 
February 1st, 1833. 
PART I. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
HORTICULTURE.— Article I. 
ON GROWING EARLY POTATOES, AND TRAINING FRUIT TREES. 
BY MR. MEARNS, 
Gardener to His Grace the Duke of Portland, Welheck, Notts. 
Unwilling to take up any portion of your useful publication un- 
profitably, I would most gladly decline entering into any controversy 
with any one, as it would be annoying to your readers, and not plea¬ 
sant to yourselves; therefore, ere I reply to the “ Journeyman Garden¬ 
er,” I will make some amends by transcribing extracts from two let¬ 
ters received from T. A. Knight, Esq. our indefatigable and excel¬ 
lent president, upon the cultivation of that most useful root, the Po- 
tatoe, which I flatter myself will be read with great interest by many ; 
and I beg to state,, for the information of those who do * not know 
that talented and amiable gentleman personally, that they may de¬ 
pend upon the correctness of his statements. 
“ I have seen the result of some experiments upon potatoes;— 
plants of which I have obtained of very vigorous habits, which do 
not at all expend themselves in producing blossoms, and which are, 
in consequence, most extremely productive. I entertain little doubt 
of being able to raise a produce next year, from my best variety, ex¬ 
ceeding per acre 800 bushels of 80 lbs. each ; I have every reason 
to expect of the very first quality.” 
VOL. II. no. 20. 
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