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also good for table use. Besides they are a benefit to the 

 ground. 



Mr. Riehl— I would not add Eugenia to the list of peas, as some 

 people, following our advice, might be disappointed should they 

 fail to get a crop, but would add McLean's Advancer instead. I 

 think the Mammoth Sandwich Island salsify should supercede 

 every other variety that I have yet seen. Northern potato grow- 

 ers now very frequently resort to the expedient of salting their po- 

 tatoes to keep them from sprouting. Persons buying northern 

 seed should be careful not to get these, or the} 7 will fail to get a 

 stand. We can get new potatoes several days earlier by taking 

 the seed and spreading it out very thin on shelves or the floor of 

 a light cellar. They will start short, thick sprouts, and these will 

 grow as soon as put into the ground. 



Mr. Browne — This is the only way to get a stand on late po- 

 tatoes in this locality. I get my seed from St. Louis about May 

 1st, and spread it out on the barn floor, leaving it there until after 

 my strawberries are gone. Then plow up the patch, cut my 

 potatoes with one sprout to every piece, paying no attention to 

 eyes that have not sprouted. Then I plant them on the straw- 

 berry ground that has been plowed after the second crop has been 

 picked and have never failed to get a crop. 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTING. 

 Mr. Pearson — Has anyone had experience with the English Fil — 

 bert ? 



Mr. Browne — Two years ago I planted five, the last one of these 

 is now barely alive. They mildew badly. 



Mr. Riehl — I got some from Philadelphia a few years ago, but 

 they all died. Am now trying to grow them from the nuts. 



This brought up a general discussion on nut-bearing trees. No- 

 two trees bear the same nuts, showing that, with these, as with 

 fruit trees, seedlings never come true. 



Everybody can and should have about the yard one or two wal- 

 nut, pecan, hickory and chestnut trees. 



Mr. Riehl — Has some young hickory trees, which are large 

 enough but have yet shown no signs of bearing. Think he will 

 try the effect of girdling. 

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