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frequently used for pickling. Another very hot 

 and pungent variety, of similar quality but not 

 quite so acrid, and of entirely different habit of 

 growth, is the Red Cluster; in which the small, 

 thin peppers, of a coral-red colour, stand crowded 

 together in bunches at the top of each branch. 

 It closely resembles the Chili, from which variety 

 it originated. 



THE POTATO (Solarium tuberosum) 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 favourable, 

 forms the best potato land. In our own experience 

 (especially on land that has been heavily manured 

 for previous crops), the use of stable manure, 

 or of wood ashes, somewhat promotes the "scab"; 

 commercial fertilizers have given us much the 

 smoothest crop. Whatever manuring is applied 

 should, as a rule, be put on broadcast. On some 

 lands, exceptionally light and dry, level culture 



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