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better, as a rule, to use well-shaped, medium-sized 

 ones, cut to a single eye. 



In a potato tuber held stem end down, it may 

 be seen that the eyes are arranged in regular 

 ascending rotation. For advantageously dividing 

 it to single eyes (as is more especially necessary to 

 those who buy new and valuable varieties), the 

 following method is adopted: 



An indentation will be found in each tuber, 

 clearly indicating which is the stem end. The 

 cuts, to be made with a thin-bladed knife, are 

 all sloped toward it; each cut removes one eye, 

 proceeding, in succession, from the lowest to the 

 highest. Humphrey's potato knife is one specially 

 devised, with a blade of curved and concave shape, 

 for cutting out single eyes in general accordance 

 with the above method, and possesses some 

 advantages over an ordinary knife, for that service. 



Cultivation of the young plants should com- 

 mence as soon as they are fairly above the surface 

 of the ground, and continue until the appearance 

 of the blossoms, when no further attention will 

 be required until the time of harvesting the crop. 



At each successive hoeing, bring up earth against 

 the plants, adding a little each time both for 



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