Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-05

New POiaio--- BrewneII's Beauty.
Mr.. f. s. Brownell, of Essex Junction,
has had the good fortune to originate
new Seeding potato, combining the best
qualities of the Early Rose and Peach-blow,
and certain. we think, to prove great ae-
QUESTION. We have tried it upon our table.
and found it laealy, fine Favored and in all
respects 4 very superior potato, while in
productiveness and keeping qualities We
understand il ranks with The trs, best.
We find the following notice Of the pota-
To in the Culiirafor and Com1g Graf'rmaa
of Oct. 10th:
ANEW POTATO.
Early planting of potatoes last spring
/ was unfavorable, and We did not plant any
till past the middle OF May, and then for
long time it was cold and dry, and the po-
tatoes came up slowly and grew still lower
till some time in July, when they took
start and grew finely to full maturity. From
a small patch - by 81 feet, planted to the
| Early Rose. planted in hills numbering
| short of $50, we grew ID bushels, all, ex
| cept about one and one-half bushels, of good
! table size The soil was a gravelly loan.
MANFRED broadcast and turned under the
potatoes were of good able size and were
/ cut in quarters, and ne set put to a hill.
/ Tho product. as above, vas fine lot of ex
| cellent cooking potatoes equalllng the Early
| Rose in its best days.
4 new potato received from +. 5 Brown
/ ell, Essex junction, Vt, was tried along
/ side Of The Early Rose plantedat the same
/ time and cultivated the same; and from
! twenty eight single eyes We harvested J9i
| lbs, of which only > lbs. were below good
/ table size 10 selected ones weighed \ lbs;
| % selected, lot lbs. This potato have tried
/ in various ways and its eating quality equals
! the Early Rose, possessing all the good
qualities ever held by that potato, and also
/ some which that one never had aScribed to
/ il. Ii ripens 4 little later than the Early
| Rose. bat dug before ripe they boil mealy
and eat As well A. the Rose does fully ripe
| this was the case with us this year They
! keen As well, If not better than any potato
/ ever saw iew received from Mr. B.,
! June Goth, which he said had not been
/ Spr0uted showed that sprouts had not
grown over half an inch long, and they
I were As sound and fresh A. if in midwinte-.
Again the aI of August, Mr.. b. sent me
/ Others which he said had stood in 4 basket,
/ in 4 common cellar since planting time
/ these also were fresh, had grown but very
/ little. and were as hard as if in the first OF
! spring instead of the last month OF sum
mer. Altogether this potato, should it
prove equally good in other localities, will
prove = most valuable acquisition ; posses
/ sing some qualities not found in any other
/ variety, and no qualities inferior 10 any
( other variety. In growth of vine top they
are medium in size and healthy IN all res
/ poets Mr.. B. will probably advertise when
] 3. J fl, . Ia
We>tboro, Mass. W. II. WHITE.
Mr.. Brownell exhibited some handsome
samples of this potato, under the name Of
/ BrOwnell's Beauty, at the recent State Fair
in this city, and subsequently, handed rs
two or three of the tubers for trying We
/ found them, boiled and baked, to be white,
mealy and of good quality. We have a
note from Mr.. W NJ Holmes. Greenwich
/ y. Y, stating that though this potato was
too late for competition on the occasion re-
ierred TO, the chairman OF the committee on
vegetables madel supplementary report on
It's merits. which he (Mr. Holiness strongly
endorses.
Ems. CuLrWAroR x c. e.
WHAT Is InorDur oi THIS POTATO ~ ENGLAND.
We find the following paragraph in the
New York Triiaaeof Nov l2th
Periodically, for some years past. many
| English horticultural writers have emphati-
cally maintained that few. ii any, Of the
! American potatoes are worth growing, and
a regularly our dealers have each season
received from the mother country orders for
large quantities for seed. At the recent In
ternational Exhibition IA Manchester - To
which We gave extended notice at the time
in the lot of a dishes OF p0tatOe~ awarded
the highest premium, II OF the number
were American varieties, But the doctors
always differ. And here now is a still
more recent instance, where the Judges
went counter to the predictions Of the criti-
cal correspondents. albert unknowingly. In
time for planting last spring MesSr-. Il. X.
Bliss 4 Sons Of this city. forwarded 10 Max
well I. Masters, Esq, the accomplished
editor OF The L0HG0H Gardeners Ctr0Hirt
and agricultural Gd-eHf, specimens Of some
Of their new kinds Of potatoes. Mr.. Ma
tiers transmitted them 10 the Royal llorii-
cultural Society. under numbers. as he
says, 50 that no one but hineelf ' knew
either the names of the varieties OF the
SenderS. They We're tested together with
over 500 kinds in the S0cieiy's gardens az
Chiswick, and Mr. Masters now writes to
the MessrS Bliss that iirst-clas- certificate
(the highest prize) was awarded 20 their
Early Vermont and Brownell's Beauty.
Mr.. NJ. adds 80 No doubt y0u will obtain
Official notice Of this ere long meanwhile
| thought You would like 10 know how
much appreciated your potatoes are.
Some specimens of the Brownell's Beauty
have been left at the FREE Pass office, for
exhibition, and may be seen 10y any who
are interested in potato culture