THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



other vv- no-producing plant. Thus, 

 leaving the vine to its fate, he turned 

 his attention to find out if possible an- 

 other plant to supply the elements of 

 })rosperity which we are losing by the 

 disap))earence of the precious vine. At 

 last this plant has been found. It is a 

 variety of red beetroot, unrivalled in 

 the vvliole world for its incomparable 

 qualities, which will in time replace all 

 that we have lost in the vine. Beet- 

 root produces alcohol of superior 

 quality ; why, then, should not its pulp, 

 treated like the must of the grape, pro- 

 duce an equally luscious beverage 1 In 

 fact, this has been done ; the very sweet 

 red beetroot produces by fermentation 

 a wine quite as good as many of the 

 soi-disant wines of our southern vine- 

 yards. It possesses the additional ad- 

 vantage of accommodating itself to all 

 soils, and flourishes in most climates. 

 We wish, then, to make this fact 

 known, if it be only to stimulate new 

 discoveries or develop further resourses 

 in wine growing. With the view of 

 popularising this plant, the propagator 

 places himself gratuitously at the dis- 

 position of agriculturists, to furnish 

 them with the seeds they may require. 

 Application can be made to M. Auguste 

 Deleuil, Agronome, h> Gardanne, prds 

 Marseille, France." 



POTATOES FOR GENERAL CULTURE. 



BY C. W. \OUNO, STRATFORD, ONT. 



For several years I have experi- 

 mented more or less in potato culture, 

 and last year I grew a patch of twenty- 

 six varieties, choosing such kinds as 

 recommended themselves to me in the 

 seed catalogues, or were in general 

 cultivation in the neighbourhood of 

 Stratford. 



The soil in which they were grown 

 could hardly be called fair garden soil, 

 it was of tlie hardest clay, and had been 

 badly used for several years, turning up 

 in large clods, and ditticult of drainage, 



owing to want of fall. In the fall of 

 1881, I manured it at the rate of ten 

 or twelve loads to the acre, and spaded 

 it into ridges. In the spring I gave it 

 a good dose of leached ashes in some- 

 thing like the same proportion. The 

 potatoes, a pound of each, by weight, 

 were cut into single eyes as nearly as 

 possible, and planted about six inches 

 apart in drills three feet apart, liuhtly 

 covered. For convenience they were 

 cut just as they were put into the 

 ground. The object was not the obtain- 

 ing of a large yield, which was hardly 

 to be expected under the circumstances, 

 but the testing of the merits of the 

 various kinds under similar circum- 

 stances. The result will be found 

 below. 



Variety. 



Beauty of Hebron 



Grange 



Irish Cluster .. .. 



Ontario 



Rennie 



Surprise 



White Star 



Chi(!ago Market . . 



Duninore 



Early Vermont .. 



Farina 



Fluke 



M.tgnum Bonuiu.. 

 Pride of America . . 

 St. Lawrence . . . . 



St. Patrick 



Vick's Prize 



White Elephant .. 



Eirly Rose 



Late Rose 



Eureka 



Munmoth Petri .. 



Peerless 



Ruby 



Snowflake 



Watson 



No Rot. 



Slight Rot. 



Badly Rotted 



I do not attach any very great im- 

 portance to the result as to rot, as the 

 experience of other growers in *the 

 neighborhood didn't agree with it, but 

 I give it just as it was. 



It will be seen that Chicago Market 

 gave the largest yield with me, which 

 was somewhat of a surprise, as the 

 vines were so badly eaten away by the 

 bui^'s that I looked for almost a failure. 

 I dont think, however, that this variety 



