Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-01-12

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important results prodused. The expert
merit is easily tried
From the Boston Courier.
We perceive by papers from va
r,ou, sections of Our country, that there
is an uncommouI scarcity of this use
full and almost necessary vegetable
production Seventy five cents bush
Ell appears to be the average price in
every place wherethc price is stated
In the Boston market the price ran
ges from 81 TO 80 cents, aud the qua
Iity is by no means the first With
respect to the quality, however, OF 20
tatoes raised III the vicinity of Boston,
it has been falling for several years
from good to Indifferent, and fromin
different to miserably poor. Many of
ihem are so execrahly bad, that they
cannot be eateo. Cook them as you
WITHHOLD, fry, bake or rDast them
they will still be as heavy as bullets,
though something more watery, ami
lave a twang in the mouth equal TO
mat OF the Indian tobacco, aud for
which we know of bat ont remedy,
viz. a iece of picked pepper. A
gricultural societies might he doing
real service TO tn. lovers of good pc
tatoes, by Offering premium for an
Improvement ofthe present breed.
Remarks on The Gbove by the Editor
ofthe Ne,o England t'a,
The complaint of Mr. Buckingham
Of the lamentabie degenerary, OF mo
dern potatoes is, to our certain know
ledge, well founded; and every man
of correc, taste will regret the clrcum
stance. We have frequently, here.
,ofore, pointed out what we believed
TO be The principal cause of this dete
rioration, but will give line upon line.
Our old varieties have decayed, &C
cordine 10 our doctrine, in consequence
of their having been pTopogated 'for
every and for aye or Whereabouts,
from the roots; whereas they ought
now and then to he renewed from the
seed ofthe apples or balls.
The following, fromHunter's Geo
graph alEssays, describes the process,
and may be worth attention
"Take bunch of the apples of
white potstoe Hangit up in a dry
place during the winter, and IN Fe
bruary separate the seeds from the
pulp, by washing the apples in water,
and pressing them with the fingers
Then dry the seeds upon paper In
the month of April SOW these seeds in
drills. in bed of earth well dug and
manured with rotten dung. When
the plants are about an inch high,
draw little earth Up TO them with
hoe, 10 order to Ieugthen their main
roots. When they are about three in
ches high. dig them up with spade,
and separate them carefully, from each
other, in order for planting out IN the
following manner:
Prepare piece Of new ground by
trenching it well. Dig up the seed
ing plants as before directed, and
plant then DOT in the ground, thus
prepared, in such manner that there
shal! be sixteen inches between every
plant AS they advance in growth, let
them receive one or two earthlngs up,
IN order to lengthen the main root,
aRdencourage the shoots undrr ground.
By this management the potatoes
will in the course OF one season, arrive
at considerable size, and the haulm
will be as vigorous as if the sets Tor
cutting,) bad been planted. But
what proves the luxuriancy in the most
convincing manner, is that the flow
ers and apples are sometimes produ'
ced
In Lancashire, where the garden
ers raise potatoes from the seed, they
are always two years ia bringing them
to foil size. BY the above method of
transplanting, with wide distances,
many of the potatoes will attain their
full size in one season.
II is observable that these seedlings
produce potatoes of many different
kinds, and sometimes new sorts are
procured. We do not find any diff
ference whether the apple comes from
round or kidney kind. 1t is not so
when we use the set, which invaria-
bly, produces the same kind. Apples
taken from red potatoe that has flow.