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amateur will find it less expensive to buy than to attempt to raise them. 

 The usual time for transplanting in tliis latitude is from the middle of July 

 to the middle of August. If the weather should prove hot and dry, the 

 plants will require shading until they become established in their new 

 location. 



With me the following method of cultivation has proved the most 

 satisfactory, both in the quantity and qualit)' of the product. First, dig 

 a trench eighteen inches deep, two feet wide at the top and one foot at 

 the bottom ; in the middle of this lay a two-inch tile drain, leaving the 

 ui)per or higher end of the tile open ; cover this with six inches of finely 

 l)ulverized eartli and well rotted manure, thoroughly worked together ; 

 set a row of plants on each side of the tile, six inches apart in the row ; 

 shade a few days, and water only through the tile below. If the trench 

 has but one or two inches fall during its entire length, the water may be 

 let in until the tile is filled ; but where the fall is much greater than this, 

 the water should be allowed to escape at the lower end of the tile, and a 

 small stream allowed to run for half a day or more at a time. 



Celery set in this manner may be fed with any nutriment best suited 

 to its growth ; and when it is furnished with a continual supply of moist- 

 ure, its flavor is much improved. 



What will we do for a late potato that is any thing like sure or certain 

 to return the cost and labor of planting and cultivating the crop, is a ques- 

 tion that at this time agitates the mind of nearly every potato producer 

 and consumer in the land. 



For the last four years, the Peachblow has, with us at least, proved 

 almost an entire failure. The Peerless, which was put upon the market 

 for the purpose of driving the Peachblow into oblivion, although a good 

 potato to yield under favorable circumstances, has not gained even a fair 

 reputation for the table, and its cultivation is likely to be entirely aban- 

 doned. The Neshanock has for several years been discarded from the 

 market. The Flukes and Pinkeyes are only known to people of years 

 ago ; but Shaker Russet has gradually gained the favor of the public, 

 until it is known as the most certain to produce a fair crop, and at the 

 same time sustain a fair reputation as a table potato. So far is this the 

 case in our county that it has been the only variety of home grown pota- 

 toes offered in the market to any extent during the past three years, and 

 next season will be planted more largely than ever. 



Among the new vegetables brought before the public during the past 

 season, and I believe deserving a more extended cultivation, I would men- 

 tion the Cavodo Victor tomato. So far as I have experimented with this 

 variety, I have found it to be at least ten days earlier than any other. 

 The fruit is usually very smooth and flat, the flesh firm and solid — in this 

 respect equal to the Trophy ; flavor, excellent ; color, dark red ; fruits 

 heavily, and as late in the season as any other variety ; plant, stocky and 

 firm. 



The training of tomatoes is a matter of considerable importance to 

 one who expects to market the crop early ; they must be kept off the 

 ground to prevent rot, and if early fruit is desired, the sun and air must 



