The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-06-24
Mark Twains wonderful Potato.

some OF our readers or neIgbbors may be in
want of a form OF certificate % append 10 n de-
scrIprIOn Of some vegetable novelty, real or
imagined, and We oder the folIawIng as one OF
the best t.
Marx Twain has been visiting Beeeber : farm
Greeiey's farm, ana the farms OF many Ut our
leading city farmers. 20 that he has fallen COM
pieJeiy IN love with the business, aud especially
the part OF i5 which raises tae wonderful new
seeding. lie stated his agricultural line by the
announcement 0f a new potato. He thus tells
Ia origin Z" obtained IG By cros-ing the VAN
Of the tropics with tie Canadian thistle, and by
carefully selecting and cCiUIvating the specimens
for several seasons, / have secured a product that
permanently combines TIE eaTiiness of tie former
ana the endurance OF the later; IN other words.
my new potato - p rare combination OF seed and
bottom, ana II viii do 70 bet on. / christened il
the Early S;nnner-a name suggested by ius ex-
traordinarv qualities and performances.
Mr.. Twain, however. not having had much
experience IN farming, thought best 10 place i6 IN
the hands II some reliable man in whom the
public has confidence, and publishes heaps Of
testimonials We give a specimen from Mr..
John Smith. n Tespectable butcher. whose repn-
tation for verIcity is 80 well known lie SAYS:
II am perfectly satisfied with the Eariy Stun
ner. The pound that I purchased Of you viii do
me. la fact Is has already done me, so that I
shall not want any more. Tie day after [
planted them my swine made a raid on the patch.
and ! supposed / had lost nv crop. You NAV
imagine my disappointment when the foremost
hOg, after brIskly opening the first hil. suddenly
dropped the slice OF StaRner he had found there.
and, with an expression Of disgust and NORTH
cation, walked OF On his ear, a sadder and a
wiser hog. followed by the remainder Of tho
drove. My hogs usually range on my potato
crop, and a h~Og-proof potato has long been my
hope. / hailed the Scunner with enthusiasm as
being the thing for pooriy-ienced fields"
DIR. Jones, the celebrated physician, also gives
the following testimony -
- Having no ground Of my own, ] planted a
pound Of the Early Stanners in the Hnacada-
mised road, opposite my residence. One Of my
neighbors an application Of plaster,
rs he thought the road had been summer fall
lowed too much to raise crops without stimuIant
Is this WAS my first experience in agriculture, /
acted upon his suggestion, and applied one Of
Alcock's porous piasEers to each hill. The result
was amazing. On the lst day of July / had ten
bushels Of buckeyes: July q, one hundred
bushels Of pinkeyes; July 4eh, a pair of black
eyes; JGfy 9Th, twins July 7rh, had to dig my
potatoes or give bonds to keep the peace.
Accordingly, I hired a couple Of Irishmen,
sunk a shaft in my front yard, tanneied under
the road, and soon struck a magnificent vein of
potatoes. | shall never know how many bushels
were there. for a rumor got abroad, and that
night there was an Eruption of predatory Feniaus.
Before the next mornings sun burst, the last
potato had disappeared, and was ruined.