VEGETABLES 8i 



sweet, and the skin resembles the tomato, and, like 

 that plant, there are the red and yellow species. 

 They will grow quite well in England, and should 

 be grown in the same way as tomatoes, and I 

 should advise anyone having a small greenhouse 

 to try and grow them, as a variety of relishing 

 dishes can be made from them. 



They can be stuffed as tomatoes, and if dished 

 up, the two colours alternately, they form a very 

 pretty savoury. 



POTATO 



The potato was first brought to England from 

 Virginia by Sir Walter Raleigh, which, of course, is 

 known by everybody. Loudon says it was formerly 

 called the Potato of Virginia, and was thought at 

 first very inferior to the Convolvulus Batatus, which 

 was called the Spanish Potato, and the Jerusalem 

 Artichoke, which was called the Potato of Canada. 



Very few gardens give space enough to culti- 

 vate potatoes for the entire household use, but 

 where space can be found, I shouid advise their 

 cultivation. 



The soil to ensure a full yield of potatoes 

 should be moderately rich, yet the use of ordinary 

 farmyard and stable manure to more than a very 

 moderate extent has, though increasing the quantity 

 of the crop up to a certain point, a very hurtful 

 effect upon the quality of the tubers, rendering 

 them soft and watery, and incapable of being kept 

 for any length of time. Dwarf varieties will bear 

 more manure uninjured than such as possess a 

 strong habit of growth. 



The best time for planting potatoes is in March, 



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