482 THE GAKDEN AND ITS FRUITS. [Chap. V. 



for early and late use. We -tt-ill mention a few, and advise all farmers to 

 select such an assortment as M'ill serve to give them cars fit for the table 

 through the longest season pos8il)le. The earliest may be started in hot- 

 beds, and transplanted as well as any other plants, or it may be planted, as 

 we have recommended for early beans, in square bits of sod, or in small 

 pots kept in the house, where it is warm and constantly moist. Smith's 

 Early White is a dwarf variety, which may be planted for the first yield in 

 hills only two and a half feet apart. Darling's Extra Early sweet corn is 

 thought by some to produce ears the earliest of any variety ; and the Early 

 Red Cob is also a very early sort, growing short ears, eight or ten i-owed, 

 which fill well out to the end. The Early Tusearora is a large variety, and 

 matures early, but not as much so as the dwarf sorts. It is eight rowed, 

 with broad, white grains, and remains fit for boiling a long time. This sort 

 requires a very rich soil. For the main crop, the kind known as Large 

 Sweet is j^erhaps the most productive ; and for very late eating, Stowelfs 

 Evergreen or Burr's Mammoth Sweet should be planted in rich hills, three 

 and a half or four feet apart, as late as the middle of July. We have seen 

 it yield well, planted late in August, by protecting the hills with stalks of 

 the early sorts tied around them. It is also kept good till December by 

 cutting or pulling up the hills and setting them in a dry cellar or out- 

 building. Both of these late sorts grow ears with twelve to eighteen rows, 

 large grains on white cobs, and very bushy stalks. There should be a 

 planting of corn for family use every fortnight from April to August. 



Where land is scarce, we recommend planting corn and potatoes in the 

 same hill. The corn will be just as good as though no potatoes were there, 

 and if the stalks of the corn are cut away as soon as the ears are mature 

 enough to boil, the yield of potatoes will be a fair one — in our experience 

 just as good as hills alongside without corn. 



542. Early Garden Potatoesi — It is quite important to farmers to know 

 what are the earliest sorts of potatoes, since they are the most staple food 

 article grown as garden vegetables, and we therefore name some of the most 

 approved varieties. We have always found the nutmeg potatoes the earliest 

 of any, but objectionable on account of their general small size, and because 

 they do not yield well. There is a sort called "Mammoth Nutmegs," which 

 grow larger and yield better. The Nutmegs have a very smooth skin, light 

 yellow, with white fiesh, and keep well, but are good for nothing for winter 

 use. The Early June is a good potato, and more productive. The Extra 

 Early White is said to be productive, and capable of producing a very early 

 crop. The Early Wendell and Early Carpenter are both sj^oken of by those 

 who grow them as the bust early variety known. We have been well satis- 

 fied with the Buckeye as an early growing potato, but it did not keep well 

 with us. The Dykeman is not as early as some others, but answers first-rate 

 to mature a week or two later. Either of these may be grown to great ad- 

 vantage in the garden, and we recommend that all of them should be tried, 

 and proved which is best for each jparticular locality. 



