Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-02-21
FIELD AND GARDEN
POTATOES AND POTATO DIGGERs.

year-it is fitting that this county should
ging potatoes that has ever been inveut-
ed-we allude to that of HI. Carrier, of
Mentor, of which more will be said in
due time-and it Is also proper that In
onr efforts to promote improvements in
farm crops. the potato should receive
somewhat prominent attention. We
propose at this time to give reports from
several of those who, last season, in ac-
cordance with our advice, tried the ex-
pertinent of planting.
cAMPBELLs LATE ROSE POTATO.
The season was quite unfavorable for
this potato, owing to the drought which
prevented the seed from starting in
good time, and most of the planting
was done too late for the best success
of this varie9y. Another misfortune
was the cutting of the seed mostly into
single eyes, according to the recommen-
dation of Mr.. Campbell, which though
right for a moist season is wrong for a
dry one, as the drought caused many of
the sets to fail entire, and the rest start
ed very feebly until the rains came at
midsummer; and this, with the ravages
uf the bugs, caused a partial or entire
| failure of the crop in many cases.
Mr.. H. Carrier, of Mentor, alluded to
above. planted small patch on gravel
| ly soil, the 14th of June-auite too late
and weather too dry-started slowly,
but afterwards grew well till the bugs
attacked them in full force, and in spite
of his efforts to keep. them off, ate the
leaves clean up, so that he only had
| about two barrels of half matured pota-
toes; but from what he has seen of the
variety elsewhere. he is greatly pleas
ed with it, especially with its manner of
growth, the tubers being in a compact
position in tie hill, so as to be much
more easily dug by hand or machine
than the peach-blows-
IL ERIE CoUNTY, where operating with
his machine the past fall, Mr.. Carrier
dug 100 bushels for Hon. D. G. Rich
mond. of which 400 bushels were of the
Late Rose variety and grown on one acre
| of land. The potatoes were tested for
| the table. at the time, and all pronounc-
| ed them very good-like the Early Rose
and about equal to the Peach-blow.
Mr.. Richmond also testified to these
facts at the meeting of the State Horti-
cultural Society, at Mansfield in Decem-
| ber, and spoke very favorably of the OPP
Grafton of Carriers Digging Machine.
He says he can easily grow 400 bushels
of the Late Rose potatoes on an acre,
and dig them all in one day with this
machine, if he has hands enough to pick
them up and store them.
AT CHARDoN, Mr.. X. P. Parsons
planted % bushels of seed, cut into 80
single-eye pieces; some failed to grow,
owing to drought, and others did not ap-
pear till the first OF July-too late for
them to mature, and the ground was
partially shaded by trees and some of it
poor-still he harvested three bushels of
| potatoes, and though not mature, he
| finds them of good quality. His brother
planted the same quantity of seed and
harvested ~ bushels-he pronounces
them equal to Peach-blows in quality
and much more productive.
| AT THOMPSON, Mr.. H. r. Beach
planted half bushel and had very
fair crop in spite of drouth and bugs
the quality and yield SO good that he and
some neighbors intended to plant them
freely next season, convinced that they
will pay better than any of the old
kinds.
In MADISON, the paradise of potato
growers, Mr.. NJ. B. Isham, one of the
leaders in this business, planted about
ten bushels of Late Rose potatoes-as he
wanted enough for a fair experiment.
and we give his own report of the re-
suit:
| REPORT OF MR.. IsHAM-
Mr.. NJ. B. BATEHAM:--I do not think
my experiment with the Late Rose a
fair test of the merits of the variety,
owing to several disadvantages. In the
first place, cutting the seed too small
into single eyes. with such a season OF
drouth, caused sonre hills to fail entire
ly, and all the plants started feebly and
slowly; then the bugs attacked them.
and ate OFF the leaves and many of the
tops entirely, before we got ready tc
poison them, so that it was very late be.
fore the plants had chance to grow
But when they did start they pushed
ahead faster than anything ever saw
and in spite of all disadvantages came
off more than conquorers. The top'
continued to grow until frost came, ant
in some parts covered the entire ground
We harvested six hRndred bushels o
good potatoes; and from one patch o
, twenty square rods we dug 81 bushels
or at the rate of fonr hundred aud fifty
: seven (457) bushels per acre, notwIth
standing the first growth of leaves wer'
> all eaten off by the bugs, and the drouti
was quite severe. l think ! speak with
in bounds, when l say that Campbell'
Late Rose will yield twice as man!
bushels per acre as the Peach-blow
with the same chances, and we find it
quality for the table as good as that o
. the Peach-blow. I intend to plant
q largely, as my main crop next season.
. NJ. B. l.
n Col. E. Crocker, of North Madison
l. planted one barrel of the Late Rose ant
he reports, without giving particulars
that he harvested very fair crop, con
" sidering the drouth aud bugs, and tina
it he is very well pleased with the yiel'
s. and quality, SO that he intends to plan
e of it largely the coming spring.
8 We must defer speaking of expert
s. ments around gainesville till next week
l. To save inquiries, the price of the Lat
ir Rose for seed the coming spring will b
l. only about 81 80 per bushel by the quan
g tity. Mr.. Isham and others will adver
'e tise shortly.
- PRODUCE IN PITTSBURGH MARKET.
, As an evidence of the benefits tha
,e will be likely to accrue to our farmer;
ii from the completion of our narro'
,e gauge rail road forming direct conneC
ir ton with Pittsburgh. We give the fo
nnatoti0rc P..ax,, o ,1.oInaa nj;