Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-07
Potato Speculation

Editor Rutland Herald.
DEAR SR.-Plet~e allow me- a small space in
the columns of THE HEGA7 D. on a subject which
interests all farmer and many other rea ters Of
your v~ry valuable paper, THE HERALD. Having
noticed two pieces IN the weekly HERALD from
your Hubbardton 'rrespoudent, &C. G., in
which he defends Bresses seedlings most heroi-
cally, especially the Prolific aud Peerless potatoes,
yet he says many think the Peerless is fully equal
TO the Early Rose or The Peachblow. Now l have
had two years' experiences with the Early Roe
pot 4to. Al also with the Peachblow, which last
n AIMED variety find needs a logger summer than
is TO BE- fund the hills of Windsor County,
Vt, to ripen sufficiently for tab t and TO $ Y
that have been sadly disappointed IN every req
sect'with the Early Rose potato, is only 10 use a
mud term TO express my dislike for this truly in
ferior p tato. have conver-ei with many farm
ers through Cavendsh, LUDLOW, Plymouth Read
ing. larendou, Rutland and Castleton, and, with
but one or two exceptions, they all agree to the
nferior,ty of the qualities possessed by this
wrongly celebrated potato-the Early Rose.
OF the Prolifi', Peerless and many other new
varieties, l am lnscquainted; vt if the Early
Rose ia tine standard potato, 1 know all about
them that I wish to. 1 have given them an of
the different manners of treatment that the farm
aft ,rds, and the result has been that am thor
oughly Gonvi ced that the Early Rose is not the
potato for Vermont farmers to raise. That
have no right TO advance opinion without CIV
ing my ms [ well know, and 1 will give
them, In the first place the Early Rose are rot
good to eat as early as many varieties which the
ia mers possessed previous to their Introduction
to the public. Sc ondly, 1 have not found them
as good to eat late in the season IS many other
kinds. Thirdly, at no season Of the year do they
possess table q ralties superior to thu esrly or
late Jack-on, the Garnet Chill F0urthly.
their yield is decidedly inferior to the late Jack
son, Garnet Chill, Early Goodrich and DAVIS
Seedlings. This much for the Early Rose; now
for another humbug. This has been placed in the
market marked in the shape of EJu1- on's Pro
lifs,' ''Hybridrzed Corn" "NeU Branching
Field Corr, p -oduc'ng from four to eight ears on
s-alk, the same beiug well adapted to the North
and Eastern States" being warranted TO get
ripe in nirety days from the date of planting.
Now brother farmers. this IS all a most miserable
f4'sehood, and warn aud advise lou to let the
thing alone; If you do not. you viii get bit as
did. Whls in Rutland last spring [ procured
one paper Of this new Branching Field Corn pay
ing .ty cents for 800 acknowledgements it home
and planted il &C ,ording 20 direction. May Goth
After 100 days ha6 passed 1t beam to silk out
and at the end of 1870 days it was so small that
only ew ears were large enough to roast. Nv
common field corn was ripe aud all right with
not as good treatme 1t was given this new kind
of corn also saw one instance Of its failure in
RutlanI, and 1 have not seen it successfully
raised in Vermont. | have lost the seed, ana ] |
am glad OF it. 1 shall buy no more seed, neither
shall ever plant another Early Rose potato.
Winter has come upon us early, and sally in
Nov. 29th, at 6'o'c'ock, A M, the mer-
curry sank to eleven degrees below zero Nov |
SOth it twelve degrees below, and Dec LIST il |
was five degrees below. The tot Il depth of snow
hat has fal en- in Cavenoish, Vt, in the past
month of Nov. is twenty nine inches on a level |
of this some seven or eight inches remains on the
ground at the present date
Very truly yours, |
LUTHER o. WEEKS.
ProotorsVille, VT, Dec LIST, 1871.