The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1874-06-26
My Experiment with the Irish
Potato.

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MAJ. WALL: AS some Of your
readers may be interested in the Irish
potato crop, ! have concluded to give
you in part, my experience in that
line for the benefit of Changers.
I In 1865, | ordered a barrel of early,
Goodrich potatoes, from David Ian
dreth n Sons, which cost me upwards
Of ten dollars. They we're on arrival
badly frozen, having seen some severe
weather on the route.
! As soon as | could get them home |
buried them one foot deep, to recover
them from the freeze, left them there
three weeks, then took them up, and
found had two bushels sound potatoes
scant measure, | planted them, and
they did well the first crop. | planted
second crop in August, which also did
we'll; this was the first year. Next
spring | planted in good order as before
and was somewhat disappointed, as
they were much smaller and rougher,
with vines much larger, and yer Strongly
and bushy; 50 | concluded that this
potato was out of its latitude.
In 1868, ! saw an advertisement in
the Southern Farmer, Of the Early
Rose potato for sale, by Geo. A. Deitz,
of Pennsylvania, at one dollar per
pound. Immediately wrote to him,
asking description Of this new variety,
in reply, he sent me copy of his Er-
detrimental Farm Journal, in which /
found that the Early Rose was a seed
ling Of the Garnet Chill. This Gar
net Chill was brought from South
America by Rev. Chauncey E. Good
rich. Which was an offspring Of the
Rough Purple Chill, which Mr.. Good
rich commenced propagating in South
America about the year 1858.
In the year 1861, Albert Bresee Of
Vermont, started few seedlings from
seed ball from the Garnet Chill,
which seedlings produced the wide
famed Early Rose potato.
/ ordered, half peck Of the Early
Rose, which | received the 18th Of
April, planted as soon as could get
ready, dug first of July 81 bushels,
planted again in August, raised from
this second crop enough for my own
seed and sold ten dollars worth clear
profit, have been planting two crops
year of the product of the original
half peck have never been out of pota-
toes, have never bought any but always
have seed to sell in February and
March, when they always bear a good
price, and of finer size and quantity
than the merchants ever bring here
from the Northern market,
1t has been a matter of establishment
to my neighbors, and the merchanth how
they could be produced.
/ will now give you my most success
full plan for fall crop. In the first
place, the spring crop must be dug by
the first of July, or sooner, if vines
are dead they should not have the
hot sun upon them, as it Injuries and
causes them to rot; dig and carry off
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examine, and in few days take out
all the rotten ones, as they cause Others
to rot. l commence to prepare the
ground next, say the first of July,
choose rich soil, pillow it deep, as soon
as | get rain enough on it to put it in
good plight l pillow again, often three
or four times, this brings the land in
good order by planting time. The
place where the first crop was dug will
do. About the first Of August, not
sooner Il have raised fine potatoes
planted the first of September), | lay
off my rows deep as | can with a one
horse turning pillow, dropin the potatoes
from three to six inches apart, cut the
large ones, cover by throwing a large
bed on them with a turning pillow, let
them stand three or four weeks, or
until the potatoes commence coming
up, then run a harrow or rake over
the bed, and all that is necessary then,
is to keep the weeds and grass down.
Dig and put away as you would sweet
potatoes in November.