Show large yield of potatoes PINE pins KANYON tooele thoele co november 8 1873 editor deseret wems sir for the info information rma lion tion of the agriculturist I 1 wish to furnish for the columns of the news the following incontrovertible facts in relation to a new now kind of potato called the compton surprise this potato says BK bliss sons in their auw illustrated and descriptive q u f p potatoes t gee f for fer 0 r seed beed won darful derf derl ul for its fine quality and productiveness size and beauty is now offered to the public for sale for the f finst first irs ins t time it is a seedling of the prince princa albert fertilized with the pollen of the long pinkeye and was originated in 1870 by mr ard D compton of hawley penn one pound of this comptons comptois Com surprise was purchased by james I 1 1 steel and mr peter A JAL droubay of pine canyon in the spring of t the he present year for three dollars 1 the price at which the potatoes were sold by bab B K H bliss buss sons new york from the said potatoes namely one pound there were sixty three eyes cut and planted on the of april 1873 and dug on the of oct the yield or product of the said 63 eyes is pounds the process of cultivation was in the following order the soil was new dug twelve inches deep and spread over with hog manure two inches deep which was then dug in with a spade I 1 then made three drills or trenches about six inches deep planting the potatoes or rather sets by measurement twenty two inches apart each way I 1 had three rows with twenty one sets in each row they were weeded and irrigated as other field crops the vines grew very bushy lengthy and strong entirely covering the hills with their foliage smothering all ordinary weeds to dath death the tile potatoes are very fine shaped in color much darker than the boston blue premiums to those who could raise the most in weight weigh t from one pound werm were offered ered by B K X bliss sons as follows r I 1 first second third fourth 2500 the rules of competing for the prizes required a description of the soil which is a sandy loam and the manner and method of cultivation also to have the potatoes dug before two witnesses who could swear before a justice of the peace to the production or yield the potatoes were dug before two witnesses namely mr moses martin president of pine canyon and mr thomas howells president of the pine canyon agricultural society before mr andrew galloway justice of the peace the result of the potatoes was sworn to and the product was v a pounds the county seal goal ef of tooele thoele county was put upon the documents m ants and posted for new york to B K X bliss sons who have re the pa and have expressed their satisfaction concerning the kuit kulb result the awards will be made by the committee composed of the following well known gentlemen in the a agricultural community professor george thurber editor of the american agriculturist dr P F al exie exa mer mall mali fruit nurseryman P T quin horticultural editor of the bew new weekly tri Tsi tribune bune whose report will be published and a copy mailed to each competitor I 1 have been thus carefully plain in making out the report as no doubt very veny many may be very doubtful about the result of such an extraordinary y yield leid feromone from one pound of potatoes one ono pound producing pounds will be at the rate bf bushels to theatre the acre at ten bushels of seed be it definitely understood that no claim of any extra productiveness is attached to the soil ithe the potatoes are white when coo cooked ked flavor unsurpassed d JAMES STEEL |