Peppers — Pot a toes, 1 5 7 



Peppers iCap.icum) are usually sown under glass 

 about April ist, and should not be transplanted to the 

 open ground until the weather is warm and settled, 

 — say about June ist, in this locality. The pickle fac- 

 tories use large quantities, which are grown very cheap 

 on contracts ; but our market gardeners raise them in 

 ver}- small lots ; merely enough to supply the retail 

 trade. 



The Bell, or Bull-Nose, is a large and mild-flavored 

 variety, and is one of the most popular. The Sweet 

 Mountain, or Mammoth, resembles the Bell in some 

 respects, and is, perhaps, just as desirable. The 

 Squash, or Tomato-Shaped, variety is chiefly grown 

 for the pickle factories. It is very productive, and of 

 good size. 



Long Cayenne is the strong, pungent variety with 

 which every one is acquainted. It is quite late, and 

 the pods while still young and green are frequently 

 used for pickling. 



The Potato {Solamtm tuberosiini) prefers soils of a 

 sandy or gravelly nature ; although it will succeed, to 

 some extent, on all soils ranging between a light loam 

 and a stiff clay, provided there is just the right, amount 

 of moisture. But it is worse than folly to attempt to 

 grow^ potatoes on land that is waterlogged, or not well 

 and thoroughly drained, either by natural or artificial 

 means. A newly turned sod, other things being favor- 

 able, forms the best potato land. In our own experi- 

 ence (especially on land that has been heavily manured 

 for previous crops), the use of stable manure, or of 

 wood ashes, somewhat promotes the " scab " ; com- 



