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The Bulletin. 23 



To produce the second crop of potatoes for planting the following 

 season's crop, well-matured tubers of the first crop are planted. The 

 potatoes need a short season of "rest" before planting. Dig the pota- 

 toes when fully ripe, cut in halves, and put in beds or windrows, cover- 

 ing lightly with earth or pine straw. It has been found that they 

 sprout more readily when cut in halves. When they show signs of 

 sprouting, take up and plant about 15 inches apart in deep furrows 

 21^ to 3 feet apart, covering rather lightly. The depressions thus left 

 are filled, after the leaves begin to show, by cultivation, which ought 

 to be frequent and shallow. This crop will grow till frost kills the 

 tops. After this the potatoes are dug, placed in heaps and covered 

 with earth for the winter. As the second crop is not sure in a dry 

 fall, many growers prefer to buy northern grown seed. 



In the mountainous part of the State late potatoes are grown in the 

 summer and marketed in early fall and winter. All potatoes, whether 

 of the early or late crop, should be graded to tubers of a uniform size. 

 The early potatoes are usually sold in ventilated barrels covered with 

 burlap or headed like an apple barrel. The late crop is usually sold 

 by weight, in bulk or in sacks. 



In some potato-growing sections it is a common practice to obtain 

 northern-grown "seed" potatoes for planting the early crop. It is 

 claimed that they keep better and, as a result, when planted put out 

 stronger terminal shoots than the home-grown potatoes. Every year 

 hundreds of barrels of northern-grown potatoes are shipped south for 

 planting the early crop. 



Varieties: 



Irish Cobbler. — Tubers are almost round, white, and uniform in 

 shape and size. Flesh is white and good quality. Good cropper. 



Early Rose. — Old standard variety, early, productive, and good 

 quality. 



Early Ohio. — Tubers almost round, smooth, and good size. It is 

 early and a good cropper. 



Bliss Triumph. — Tubers round, fair size, and red skin (also White 

 Skin Bliss). . 



Late varieties for general crop in mountain sections: Green Moun- 

 tain, Carman, and Rural New Yorker. 



LETTUCE. 



When well grown, lettuce is one of the best paying of truck crops. 

 The market calls for a large, firm head, running not less than 35 to the 

 half-barrel basket. Anything less than this usually sells at a much 

 reduced price. 



Lettuce will grow on a variety of soils, but it does best on a light, 

 sandy loam well filled with humus. 



