The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-24

SIR: knowing you to be an advocate
for agricultural and horticultural improve
fuent>, ! beg the favor to communicate
throuuathJ meIinm Of your extensive aud
valuable journal, TIE TRIBUNE, in regard
- rare domestic and foreign plants, my
experiments aud cultivation Of the same.
/ think if there was more general cor
rcspoudence with farmers through the
medium OF the press. aud their expert
ence more generally impaired to each
other with regard to new and rare seeds
OF various pants-their qualities, yarle
ties &c. the community would be much
b.neatlcd thereby. And as very CON
yeueut and cheap mode Of exchange from
distant sections of the United States is
offered by our cheap postage and frequent
mails, it becomes, the duty OF every agri-
cuturiSt to throw in his mite to forward
t,e enterprise. By the above mode of
exchange, or remitting a few stamps, /
hive had the pleaeure Of receiving and
c I.ivating the past season-many Ito u.s.
and rare plants and that your read
G may profit by our experiments, pro
p,tc t. give brief report Of the result Of
0 lr efforts. Among the many varieties
tlat have grown, and deem worthy of
pubic mention, is the Elyptjan Spring
Rye recently introduced from Germany.
The berry is very white, plump, and ex-
cmpt from midge or weeyil. 1t should
be sown early in March. Seigleds Roase,
or Roman Rye, "a Winter Variety. l
received few grains of this rye from
Judge 4. y. MORN of Quebec, Lower
Canada and from the second years growth
! have obtained FIVE quarts Of the grain
OF which | have sown part for further
experiments, and reserved portion for
distribution, as I deem it worthy Of cul-
ture---very prolific, heads large and we'll
filled, with large plump berry. As our
Wheats begin to fail, on account Of the
nudge, rust, &c, Rye should be more gen
eralIv grown, and it will be well to select
the rest varieties. Of Wheat, have
adopted the Mediterranean, for our gen
eral crop, as it is not liable to the attacks
of the nudge or rust CorH--for the gar
den, the Excelsior Sweet is, in our opin-
ion, what It's name indicates-the best
and the Forty Days Maize, the earliest
variety known to US, ears small and deli
cate, and good sort for table use. The
Was hington Dutton is our earliest variety
of field Corn, ours being ten days earlier
than either the "king Philip or the
"Rhode Island Premium 1t Is gold
4, ! e. !
Ncpam Baricy (beardIess). presume
this will soon supercede the common Bar
ley; it is very prolific, and there are no
boards in the way Of harvesting. Peas.
/ have selected for early use the Daniel
O'Rourke, Prince Albert aud Comstock's
Early Dwarf; and for late use, Somcnberg
(this is a crop between the Early Emper-
or and Dwarf Blue ImperiaI), aud is of
extra quality; also the Champion Of Eng
land, and the far-famed Sir Moot. The
latter is of extra quality, recently intro
duced from Germany by distinguished
German agriculturist. Beans. The Cal
ifornia Republican, or Corn Bean, is a rare
and peculiar bean; in form it resembles
kernel Of corn. more SO than bean. 1t
it is one of the best sorts to shell green
and cook with green corn. 1t is pole
bean, and very prolific. The Mexican
Turtle Soup is an extra bean to cook in
the dry state~-yerY rich aud dclicious.-
This is a dwarf. The Prairie Queen, Bue-
ma Vista and Japan butter are also excel
lent varieties. Slccct Aariyuju (Mar-
tynia Fragrans) or P.chLe Plant This
is an annual, very hardy, and easy Of cuI-
ture. The green-seed pods are highly
esteemed for piokliug, and grow somewhat
larger than the Okra pod. This is pc
culiar plant, and when in bloom imparts
very fragrant odor. The plant Is Of
peculiar form-a curiosity. The lower
end of seed pods. when ripe, is ola horny
substance, and opens and expands about
two inches up to the Aeshy part, and the
outside shell falls off, and the seed pod
assumes the form and resemblance Of a
bird What plcasurable sensations arise
in our mind as we carefully observe the
wonders of Nature. We watch with de-
light the opening germ, and the develop
ment of the various new plants-the new
foliage the beautiful and fragrant bloom,
and enjoy the delicious flavor Of its fruit
7onaatoes, the FeJee (recently introduced
from the Feejee Islands)-This new sort
is decidedly the best Of the varieties
more solid and less seeds, smooth surface
color, pale red, large, weighing from II
to 16 ounces, and of superior aayor. Pear
shaped, color deep red, medium size, and
of good quality. Terrys Yellow Cherry
shaped, the earlies' variety however,
used for preserving aud picking. Cape
Gooseber1y (Physalis EduliS)-This is
an animal nf naer cnltnre In cultivation