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LECT. VIII 



and an inferior crop of tubers, see the illustration 

 below. 



Distances for Planting. When early potatoes 

 are grown in rows two and a half feet apart, winter 

 crops, such as Brussels sprouts and others mentioned 

 in the last Lecture can be planted between them ; 



FIG. 29. SEED POTATOES AND RESULTING CROPS (see page 113). 



Prepared set (as in tray) and its crop on the left ; weakened set and its 

 crop on the right. 



and when still wider apart dwarf kidney beans or 

 the more profitable and useful runners, kept trimmed, 

 can be inserted in May for occupying the ground 

 after the potatoes are dug. (See page 103). Vege- 

 table marrows have also been planted as a succeeding 



