Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-12-24
RE EARLY ROSE POTAT0.

THE EARLY rose POTATO.
WuILE YOU have had letters frnm Cd
who have cult saled the Fairly Rose Pc
tato giving, as YOU say, extraordinary
statements Of their yielding properties,
/. may not be ami-s to hear s"me'hiing
FINN ono who has hal more mpder
Ate success With il. AMI hrst let we
saw ,ta, | had my s,ei direct from M
lIsrrRoS, 81 there Is a"i mush ca CO
ea.nsaying their genuinencsS Tia
in now cultivated them tor NV sea pn-.
aud having tested their eating laali les
.;u,e July last, can fn IN pretty cor
rect opinion of them, 80 far as my gr"uuds
aud culture 70 to establisa i'c's con-
ce, ming them.
la tue sprlug IF 1863 | gave them
the best Of soil an'i culture, (at least
supposed 50 At the time, aud have nol
changed NV Mad Ia thai ect S:lce -
tho y;.,l was wy satisfactory, being
nearly Nv bushels harvested for a una
vf seed planted the MN iuui being halt
a neck planted, aud something oven
twalvs bushels harvested, with some
fotton ones not measured, which soane-
wh.t surprissd mo. NJ had been in'
for nd tuat tho, VIC p.oof a q ! 'ha'
naMdy. They did nol rip win me
in 1868 till tho mi Idle al September
,bouyh planted The It'll Of April, while
the FAIRY Goodrich was ripe the ls'
ofeseptembcr, thus bcing at least two
weeks later than that variety, vale 1t
was claimeL Tor them that they were top
DAYS or two weeks earlier.
Tn. prcreut .eason | painted two
acres of Them. thinking If they were AZ
,.,l us r, comerdui would ut least
1--WE souie gnod potntres, and hoped tc
set au extra large crop; but not know
Ing in the spring how wet the season
was going 10 be, ] have sustained par
,ial failure in yield, il not in qu hty
From the two acres planted have b US
cd perhap, rifle over tho hundre,
bushe.s--uot large yield, you viii
doubtless say yet intended to do b.
them muel. better than an average u
field culture, especially such as is gener
nlly given by farmers III this vicinity
aud / think did do so. yet the resul
vas such as have stated the partla
failure in my case was no doubt an ex
ccss of water, aud that, too, on ian
that I Thought as fully liable to faiiur
by drou.h as by surplus Of wet wealth
err through tue season of their grou'l
The ground was in very fine dry con
di,ion ut the time ef planting, bu
shortly after was 50 thoroughly saturate
with water, even to tue time of d'gginl
that tho result SHORT crup, and yer
many small iuLers, with u good man
of the larger ones rottcd in the field
perhaps enough TO make up the yiel
TO one hundred aua twenty live bushe
per acre.
1t xill be seen that, what with Il
unparalleled weincss Of the past scaso
consequently the rottiug OF many OF 9
tuL,rs, which was in part doubtless, t
u,rest result Of the wet weather, q
crop was only nominal one: Will
had tho season been favorable one I
tho potato crop, / should no doubt ha
had fully double what low have, whi'
would have been highly satisfactory
TO tho amount Of bushels grown, aud Il
quality would have probably eeen We
much better.
Thor time Of ripcning has been ear
sr this year than the Early Goodric
planted at the same time yield Mo
TANA SpRINo RYE about the sam
What could have made them vary
much IN 1868 aud be so late with IN
is question canpot answer, b
merely stale the facts as they have G
CURED the past year and tho presel
Their quality for the table in July "
poor, being wet aud clpmmy but
they got nearer to maturity they il
proved in flavor till they now sta
among the best; whether they will cot
MP to ibe standard that was claimed
Them by the Mcssrs GoNoyER Of NJ
Jersey that is the very beat potato
time will tell. One thing is now &C
tain, that not one vi the Goodrich Sec
lings have ever acquired high rcpui
ton in the New York market as tai
po'atocs; which either shows that ;b
ure not as good as the Peach BLOW
the Mercer. or the Prince Albert,
that the people Of that city do not q
preeiate them.
ihiuk il would now be safe to P
the Peach Blow at the head II the !
of potatoes for the table, aud thcu,
expsrimeuters.t to get potato that "
exccll that variety for the table vi
earlier maturity, aud ~ilhout so mu
disposition to ramble over all the Ii,
in quest OF food Tor the parent stem,
souie other less laujable occupation,
tue case may be. JOS. TALcorT
Rome y. Y, 1860 ---Rv,s's Ru
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