Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-28
IMPORTED PoTATOES.
Valuesess for Seed Purposes, mud only
used for Food in tai. Vicinity.

Government estimates Iasce the domestic Yield
OF potatoes al 100000 bushels than that Of
last year, while the yield In England. scotland
and other exporting countries Is estimated at
much larger IN n that OF ordinary years Accord
ing TO the statements OF New York commission
merchants the farmers In the southern states are
being swindied 10 the quality VI the potatoes they
are purchasing for seed. In a recent issue OF the
New York World, Albert stewart, large producer
and dealer in washington County. said: The I'm
portation OF foreign potatoes this year from ocUo
Der 70 January IL amounts 10 over $4,000 BAR
res, whlle last year az the same time IA vas only
aoJut 900 barrels. These Foreign p0tatOes are
excellent potatoes Tor eating, but experience has
proved that they viii not bear If planted Ia tais
country Two Of the English brands. the Cham
pion and the Regent bear 80 close a resemblance
10 our Peerless. the IavorIte brand Tor seeding p1r
poses that only an expert can tell tie difference,
and some dealers In this city are tahlng sdVHn-
tage Of this fact 70 ship large quantities u the fOr
elgn article south, marked aud branded as Peer
les. soins sA years aso saen We haa oaa
Washington County asSej me 10 bring over some
OF tue kIgiisn Regent and Champion brands Tor
Seed. 50 tnat we could raise the same kinds OF
potatoes they mad tEere. We tired the experiment.
but with sucn poor result that we all VI Us gave
up In al gust at the end OF the FIRST esr wiJh one
exception, farmer wno kept IL up for six years.
The UNIFORM result was failure. The vine was
strong and everything promised well IN II harvest
time, oul the vegetable did not mature. Tue
strength or the plant all seemed 20 go into the
stalk.
III may be TOO late for the southern farmers
who are already engaged In planting but at any
Fate SAID Ar. stewart, s'the note VI warning
ought 10 be sounded In time Tor Tue Western
farmers"
WHAT rs SAID here
Mr.. Frederick Schafer, VI The nrm OF Schafer o
Cleary, commission merchants on Louisiana ave-
nue., extensive dealers In potatoes, said to q STAR
reporter that II the above account was correct II
Was a base fraud perpetrated On the farmers He
did not think there were any bona Ode dealers ia
this city woo would sell potatoes under The CIR
cuInslances above related here have been great
many foreign 20 -aIoes sold IL inis city, lie dl1
not think That any farmers mad purchased any Tor
seed The potatoes run scotland, lac said were
very good potatoes for food but he did not think
t..ey would do 50 well Tor seed "In losl, wlel
our potato crop WAS very short said Mr. snaIeT.
soIne foreign POTATOES were brought here u make
Up the shortage. AT that time some farmers
painted some VI The foreign crops VITA very pour
results The foreign potatoes are different from
our own raising, as they are raised Ia darHer soil
and are OF q uniiorn size "lOg can say, con-
unued Mr.. haIer, 'That were IL not Tor the I'M
portatlon OF Iorelgn potatoes poor people would
at least $50 per bd-hel These foreign potatoes
have been used Largely In the Eastern cttles ana
large shipments are being ma le AZ bred cars 70 The
West Last years crop Was very small indeed; ~
Montgomery County, about sandy spring there
was pretty full crop. In the Eastern ststeS
In Maine and Massachusetts the heavy rains
roltei most Of the crvp while In New York and
Mcnig An the drought did the damage, and just be-
fore IL was time ~ dig the potatoes q heavy rain
Came and the Keeping Qualities OF the potatoss
were effected, and l.iAny OF tnsm routed