Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-06-01

80 " '"e course Oh The day, some indians landed on
hc island, found them and they were coming up 10
New Madrid, took them with them.
AGRICULTURAL.
We recommend the following article attention u! our
farmers. The process described has been fully tested
and the mos, important results produced. The expert
mcnt is easily tried.
From IKE BostcR Courier
POTATOES
We perceive BY papers from various sections of our
country, that there is uncommon scarcity of this
useiui ana almost necessary vegetable production.
seventy hre cents busbcl appears TO be the average
price every place where the price stated. In tie
boston market the price ranges from ca to so cents
and the quality is by means the first With respect
10 Inc quality however Of potatoes raised in the vcin-
iy OF Boston 1t has been failing for several years from
'"u'heren' 10 ihiseraoy poor. Many of them so
eXecrabiy bad that they cauuo, be eaten Cook them
as you will-boil, fry bake or roas; them--,hev wi
sill be as heavy as bullets though something mo, e
Watery, and leave twarg in the mouth equal to thai
oil The Innan tooacco and for which we know of but
one remedy, VIZ piece Of picked PEPPER Arricuu,
raj societies might be doing real service To the
OF gooh potatoes by offering premium for an improve
rncnt OF the present breed.
RmaidS on lie Gbooe by he Editor Of Tie .Ye,, Err
land Farmer
The complaint of Mr. Buckingham of the ameDtabIe
degeneracy of modern potatoes, is 10 onr certain
knowledge, well founded and every man of correc,
taste viii regret the circumstances We have freouent
y heretofore, pointed what we believed to be the
upon line Cur old varieties have decayed ACCORDING
to our doctrine, consequence of their havinr been
propa9a'ed Tor ever and for aye tcreabouts from
the ROOTS whereas they ought and then TO be re.
newed from the seed of the apples or balls
The following, from Hunters Geographical ESSAYS.
describes the process, and may be worth attention:
rake bunch OF the apples ct white OF ,toe
hang It up in dry place during the winter and in
eOTuary separate the seeds from the pup, by washing
The potatoes in water and pressing them with the fin
gers Then dry the seeds upon paper. In the month
OF April SOW these seeds in drills, in bed of earth
well Dug and manfred with rotten dang When the
pants are about an inch high draw little earth UP 10
mem win hoe, IN order to lenghen their ma roots
w hen they three inches high dig them up with \
spade and separate them carefully from each other
IN order for planting out in the following manner:
Prepare piece CT new ground by trenching it we'll
Dig up tie seeding plants before directed and nap,
them out in the ground prepared, in such manner
mat there shall be sixteen inches between every plant
As heJ advance in grow Ia let them receive one or two
earnings up, IN order 10 lepghen the main root and
encourage the shoots under ground.
BY this management the potatoes will in tie COURSE
OF one season, arrive at n considerable size and The
haui'n will be as vigorous if the sets Tor cuttnrs
had been planted But what proves the luxur:ancy in
The most convincing manner, is that the flowers and
apples are sometimes produced.
In Lancashire, where gardeners raise potatoes from
the Seed they always two years in bringing them
TO full SIZE By the above method of TRANSMITTING
with wide distances many of the potatoes will attain
their tul size in season
observable that these seedlings produce potatoes
OF many different kinds, and sometimes new sorts are
procured we do not find any difference whether the
apples como from round or kidney kind Ii is not
SO when we use the set which invariably produces the
same kind. Apples taken from rcd po,aoe ,ba, has
lowered IN the hborhood of white ones will some
tune produce nd OF internally ma, bic red and
white; ard presume for the same reason that a,nes
taken from white potatoe, that has lowered in the
neighoorhood of red ones, will produce something Of
GIe same kind.
Potatoes when propagated from sets after number
OF years. are found to decrease bearing for which
reason they should be brought back every fourteen
years TO their original.
From a want of attention to CHS circumstance
nave known potatoes so run out, tl'at they hardly re
tur,ca lfeoie seed The farmer complains that his
land tired OF thembut The true cause is the acc
the sets.
The increase of potatoes raised from seed is aston
iSh'ng' They cor tinue in vigor for abou, fourteen
years. alter which the produce generally decines.v