TUBERS OR "SETS" FOR PLANTING. 



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them. Nor is it a vise plan to cut up large tubers for 

 " sets," unless the grower is short of the proper size. 

 Our advice to growers is, therefore, use medium-sized 

 whole tubers that will pass through a 2in. mesh, 

 but not less than a l^in. mesh. A trifle larger will 

 not matter, but on no account let a smaller size be used. 

 The weight of the right sized tuber should be 2 to 3oz., 

 not more. We give illustrations of four tubers of approxi- 

 mately actual size, to afford an idea of the minimum and 

 maximum size of tuber to select. 



MINIMUM-SIZED KIDNEY SEED TUBER. 

 Width 1 ins. ; Weight 1J oz. 



Change of Seed. Every gardener and farmer knows 

 that if he uses home-saved tubers for " sets " for several 

 years in succession his crop deteriorates in yield and 

 quality annually. Forty years ago this fact was known 

 even to the cottager. " A change of seed " is indispens- 

 able. The Scotch farmers who came south years ago and 

 obtained their supply of " seed tubers " from their native 

 land, were able to grow much finer crops than the English 



