The Republican journal., 1875-05-06
VOLUME IS.
New Kinds of Potatoes.

Having tried some new potatoes the
past season, of all kinds but little known
as yet to the farmers of many OF the States,
yielding, with me, very heavy indeed,
thought | would let readers know how
they Weld in the old State of Pennsylvania.
First on the list comes the Carpenters
Seeding, a seeding of the Early Rose.
first offered to the public in the spring of
1873. On my ground il ripened about
eight days before the Early Rose. Vines,
medium size; tubers long, smooth and
handsome; eyes full skin. light rose
color. grows compact in the hill, cooks dry
and mealy, of floury whiteness, and is
splendid early potato. planted one-half
peck, cut to single eyes, in rows two feet
apart and twelve inches apart in the row
manured with COW manure and hen manure
narrowed in when potatoes We're coming
up; yield, with me, six bushels and one
peck, nearly all market size, and po-
tato that Will yield with good eultya-
ton, as much as the Peerless, and is a bet
ter cooking potato.
Ice Cream, another new seeding OF the
Early Rose crossed with the Excelsior
Small vine, stout and erect ripening about
the time OF the New ork late Rose tubers
white, round or oval, good market size.
with not many small ones; a first class
table potato. very heavy yielder, and comes
on the table like a ball OF flour with a
fine flavor; planted one-halt peck, cut to
single eyes, same ground as above. with
out the hen manure; yield, five bushels
and three pecks OF good sized potatoes
took the premium on the above two
varieties at the Montgomery County Fair
last tall
Brownell's Beauty, large size, not many
small ones, fine, late potato, skin q Ied
dish or flesh color, and yields very heavy;
beats the Peerless out and out, Will take
the place of it when better known; is
better cooking potato than it. and will
keep good till new pototoes come into
market ripens about the same time as the
Peerless; tubers grow very compact in the
hill and are, therefore, more easily dug
no core in any of the largest of them
planted one-half peck, cut to single eyes,
in rows three feet apart, eighteen inches
in the row, manured heavy broadcast
and ploughed in; the yield was six bush
els large, one bushel small ones
Ohio Beauty is a seeding of the Early
Rose, raised by G. W. Campbell of Della
ware, Ohio. by whose kindness received
one pOullu ldSl spIll.S, III not pcllls oHeIeu
for sale till this spring (lS75). planted
the one pound, cut to single eyes, making
thirty-four hills, two feet apart each way,
manured same as for 'Brownelll S Beauty"
and the ground not kept half as well
worked. The yield was three bushels
large. one-half bushel small ones Of as
fine a potato as any person ever saw.
Ripens same time as the Peerless; it is
roundish like the Peachblow; eyes, less
sunken; strong, robust growth, thick and
very heavy foliage. AS to cooking quail
ties, 1t cooks perfectly white and very
mealy, but not quite as mealy as the lice
Cream" no core in any Of the largest
specimens. The present season, it almost
resisted the attacks Of the Colorado Beetle,
while the Compton's Surprise along side
of it was nearly all destroyed; can tell
better another year how it will do. The
ground that the above potatoes were grown
on is a good, light, loamy soil, with q sub
soil OF clay and does not hold water after
a rain but a few hours. The season was
the dryest known in these ports for years
IN. f. Farmer