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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



THE IMPROVED STYLOGRAPHIO 

 PEN. 



A fountain pen that always writes 

 and never "leaks," that makes a fair, 

 plain line, and never blackens the 

 fiagers, and that, once filled, can be 

 us 3d for days without change, avoiding 

 all the bother and interruption of reach- 

 ing over to the inkstand for a fi'esh dip 

 every two minutes, that can be carried 

 in the pocket, and is as handy for use 

 and as neat as a lead pencil, and that 

 writes on any paper however thin or 

 soft ; such a pen is worth having. And 

 such a pen is the " Livermore Stylogra- 

 phic Pen." This we know from personal 

 use. — Editor Chicago Advance. 



The Livermore Company, which 

 originally introduced the Stylographic 

 Pen, have recently made great improve- 

 ments in their pen, and have reduced 

 the price so that everybody can have a 

 chance to purchase the best article of 

 the kind. By sending $2 to Louis E. 

 Dunlap, Manager Stylographic Pen Co., 

 290 Washington St., Boston, you will 

 receive by return mail one of these 

 famous pens, and also a sufficient 

 quantity of superior ink for six months' 

 use. Full particulars as to different 

 styles and prices can be obtained by 

 sending for circular. 



RAISING POTATOES. 



The methods of raising potatoes com- 

 mon here in Maine may be of interest. 

 Sod land broken up in the fall previous 

 or in the spring preceding the crop is 

 preferred. It is a little more work to 

 handle the crop on sod land, but the 

 crop is generally better. It is broken 

 not more than six inches deep on an 

 average. This is thoroughly harrow- 

 ed. Tiie manure in some instances is 

 spread on the sod before plowing, in 

 others it is spread after plowing, and 

 harrowed in. Some apply the manure 

 in the hill or drill. The seed dropped 



on this, and the whole covered three 

 inches deep, with hand-hoes or horse- 

 hoes. Some apply no barnyard manure, 

 but use plaster (gypsum) and ashes, 

 superphosphate, guano, or other con- 

 centrated manure in the hill. The seed 

 is cut ; a medium-sized potato being 

 made from two to four pieces, and one 

 piece dropped from one foot apart with 

 some to two feet by others, in the row. 

 The average distance apart of the rows 

 is about thi'ee feet and a half. The crop 

 is cultivated out when the potatoes are 

 from four to six inches high, and this 

 is followed by a hand or horsehoe, or 

 both ; and they are hilled medium 

 height, but one hoeing being given. 

 The weeds that have escaped first hoe- 

 ing or grown since, are pulled or cut up 

 in July and August before crop ripens. 



The crop is for the most part harvest- 

 ed by hand. No potato digger has at 

 present been brought out of sufficient 

 merit and practical utility as to warrant 

 general or hardly partial introduction. 

 They are harvested any time after the 

 tops die and before the ground freezes. 

 They are generally harvested earlier 

 now than in the past. A dry, cool, 

 frost-proof cellar that is dark, furnishes 

 the best storage. — Farm and Garden. 



POUGHKEEPSIE RED AND ULSTER 

 PROLIFIC GRAPES. 

 The Poughkeepsie Red is a cross of 

 lona and Delaware ; the vine is a strong 

 grower; the leaf resembles that of Dela- 

 ware more than any other. It has been 

 proved perfectly hardy in the latitude 

 of Toronto for the past 10 years. The 

 clusters run in size from that of Dela- 

 ware to twice as large, many of them 

 having from three to four shoulders. 

 Clusters have been grown that weighed 

 a pound each. The crops are heavy. 

 There have been but two seasons in 

 the past 15 years when it has ripened 

 as late as September 10th; it usually 



