The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-05-15
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While agreeing generally With tho utter
egtihR atlicIe or Col. liiniS on The potato
irsn,S1 4eeo,fi ndm6es or the CNrDairie
ahSulf dilfer sonewhatas tn Tie best sorts
for 1,anlihg The Neshanuock will rot DO
wvlf EXCEPT uuder lie mUst tovsrablo cir
tainstanecs oi season. soil an culture, and
fwb pliptcrs viii hl with it where or
kucceeds Tie same may INV be said ul
tho Nercer. The Jersey Peach Bluw ~
quircs loo long a season. aud has rotted
Oadly OF late, ESPECIALLY IN n wet summer.
The Buckeye 10 hegipuiug to fail, M all o.
tntoes will ultimately do, both in rrpp,t I
~ We'll, and lIpednm from rot, and u il no
caller than tho EAlly Goodrich aud il in
tefior to that valuable variety in yIeli
quality aud appearance. lean see t1 reason
tor planting IL when the latter can he ob
thned ! have grown and tested over
ssttAny yatiettes during the last two years
md from my own expor Q zee and pretty
,horough observation OF the experience ot
uthers IN all parts Of tue opuutry have
about oome TO the conclusion TO limit my
planting ihc cOming season pretty much a.
the three following varieties Erly Gndd'
rich. Harrison aud Otouo. Where they
have been thoroughly tried Il il almost
universally conceded that the Erly GoJi
rich istlfe hest ea,ly aud the Harrison The
heatdate potato now grown, aud what IL |
remarkable, they were botli raised by Mr.
GBo0fich from d seed ball OF the Cnzco, u
,MAto 1hht'for productiveness has pruba.
lily never bpeu equglled.
For quality, yield, bcau'y, earlnees.
aud heuihlllpuss, -l4lou't sre tln,t ANY lhiug
further than the Eirly Goodrich can he de
sired for an eurly sort. The RUm Ameri
can OF Utica. N. y, Ia 1861 seut out t. each
a. it's subscribers lh. OF EARLY Goodrich
aud during the year published many nc
counts OF large yields from the same, some
uf whichsremcd almost Incredible. QNiir
n number raised over 200 pounds iron. one
pound sent aud the lrgest yield was the
extraordinary retutn OF 239lS lhs from one
ktatemanis have been publBhcd represent
inE the Harrison 10 have been still moro
prolifc. II yielded me last season full 90
bushels more per ncre than any other VA
rely grew, and for quality, appearance,
am henlthlulncss was unsurpassed by any |
poiatO Ihave ever seen. II has n clear, |
smooth white skin, white solid fesh keeps
wei, aud rs, Of good shape aud sizo aud |
very bandsome. The best evidence Of tho
popularity of these varieties and OF the |
great demand there ia for lhom, contained |
in the tact that Mr. llenron of Utica, n
y, tho Administrator Of Mr. Goodrior /
what they were sold bore for last fall. A. d /
here, let nc say, lest this article might seem .
too much Ike uu advertisement, that | .
lmve.none OF them now for sale ut any
price The Orono is a large, whit, skinned
and white llcshod potato OF first rate qual
ity, and In point Of yield last season, was
second uuly 10 The Harrison. II 4 compar.
alivcly new M the West, but ranks in New
Ilampfhirc, where it originated number
one. y lu the Reports Of tho Comm 'ssicncr
ul Agriculture, for the last tmce years,
FROM experiments made at Washington with
some 80 varieties, the Oruno has been each
year placed at tho very lIcad ni the Inst,
Amongst the Goodrich seedlings. which
are generally known and cnsiy obtained,
consider the following as more valuable in
every respect than any OF tho old sorts
Gleason, Calico, liukeyc, Rusty Coat, and
Garnet Chli. The Cuzco is enormously
productive, but is very variable in quality,
heing some seasons very good and ut other
times quite poor. Sullit VIII pay TO grow
II for feeding stock Fairly Scbcc ia the
very earliest potato | have ever grown,
and @, eXc,lenl quality, but not uulilic or
handsome enough tohlake it valuable for
market. II should ho planted, however, in .
the garden tor family use,
The genuine White Peach Blow. is very
different from tile CoRUun Peach Blow is
greatly superior in yicll and heallhluluoss,
aud is unsurpassed as baking potato, The
Early Rose is u new Seeding of the Garnet
Chilli, Just sent out, aud is described 10y
Mr. HeiIron aud John p. Gray, Superinteud
cnt of the New York l.unatic Asylum, (the
,,lace whorc Mr.. Goodrich carried on hjs1
valuable experiments in raising new pOta.
tocs) as OF large size, quite smooth, nearly I
cylindrical shallow eyed, very meulv, ilcSh
white, solid aud brittle, as healthy and
productive as tho Early Goodrich, It is su |
periur for the tIbla. and mdtari9g OIL
aaYs cartier Thctr are high recommend |
ations, but they come from rcspouslblo per.
sons, aud from those who ought to be well ,
qualified to iut ;e. 1t can oulv ho obtained !
at the modest sum of Que dollar per pound
60 that tho subscriber may con- ider him,
self fortunate IN having procu,ed half u !
bnshel last fall at about one third that rate. 7
carried on quite punbcr Of expert
ments hast season us 20 the si3e of seed,
method Of planting and cultivation, manure,
b., and dnring the last three years have
given special attention. TO invesli eating thjs
subject in tho writings aud recorded eXpe.
rienoe of others tho result nr which viii
ny to give IN some future number OF the
Chronicle,