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enough to produce the very best quality of Potatoes, 

 free from disease, clean and good. 



Now I reckon upon two pounds of new Potatoes 

 to every square foot throughout the whole border, for 

 the leaf-mould will produce them nearly all of one 

 size, and rapidly too. Two pounds to every square 

 foot of the border would be five hundred and forty 

 pounds weight per rod or perch, and if the border con- 

 tains one thousand six hundred square feet in it (that 

 is, nearly six perches of ground), that will be three 

 thousand two hundred pounds weight of Potatoes from 

 the border Annually, which would be ready for market 

 by the beginning of May, at, say, 6d. per pound. 

 That is SM. exactly ; yet I am of opinion that this 

 is not an over-estimate, because if they are treated as I 

 have said, I see no reason why two pounds of saleable 

 new Potatoes should not be obtained from every square 

 foot of the border, and they would certainly realise Qd. 

 per pound if they were as good and fine as they could 

 possibly be had. But allowing a good margin for less 

 produce, and net proceeds of say 20L, even then we 

 have a good remunerative balance in favour of the 

 grower. 



Then there is the crop that can be had from the 

 same border after the Potatoes are off, which may con- 

 sist of ridge or hardy frame Cucumbers, and these 

 would really require nothing more than planting and 

 well watering with clean water, and a weekly one with 

 some liquid manure. An abundance of fine Cucum- 

 bers would be obtained from this border through the 

 summer. Afterwards come the Grapes, which, at the 

 lowest figure, might be put at one thousand pounds, to 

 sell at Is. per pound. Thus I can see, and I want others 



