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GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



The Long Island fanners, in the neighborhood of Xew 

 York, have their crops of Early Potatoes sold off early- 

 enough in July to get the ground leveled and Late Cab- 

 bages planted on the ridge on which the Potatoes have 

 been growing, sufficient manure being left in the ground 

 to carry through the crop of Cabbage. The two crops 

 together give an average profit of $150 per acre. Pota- 

 toes may be preserved during winter by the section pit 

 system recommended for the general preservation of 

 vegetables, or in a frost-proof cellar. 



The varieties of the Potato are very numerous, many of 

 them having only local reputations, so that it is somewhat 

 difficult to name the best for such an extensive territory 

 as ours; those below named seem to have the most qual- 

 ifications to commend them for general culture. 



Early Goodrich. — A new variety raised in 1860 by the 

 Rev. C. S. Goodrich, of Utica, N. Y., who, from many 



Fig. 60. — EARLY GOODRICH. 



thousands of seedlings, selected this as the most meritori- 

 ous. It has been thoroughly tested since then, and all 

 bear unvarying testimony in describing it as one of the 

 earliest, most productive, and equal in quality to any va- 

 riety cultivated. The ctit represents half the average size. 



