134 Observations on the Season in the Year 1816, 



genous, farther south than the latitude of 40 degrees 



north. 



My method of raising them is, to have the hills small 

 and peaked, manured with compost reduced to a fine 

 tilth, one large cutting in e eh hill ; the nearer the young 

 potatoes grow to the edge or side of the hill, where the 

 atmosphere can have access, the larger will their growth 

 be ; the cold was so severe last season after 1 planted, 

 that it became necessary to cover them with stable ma- 

 nure, while in the state of fermentation, which was taken 

 off in the day time, if the sun shone warm. 



Water melons, {cucumis melo.) Ripe later than usual, 

 and injured by a wet spell in the last part of their season : 

 too cool generally through the season for this plant ; as it 

 rather appears to be out of its latitude. It bears heat and 

 drought admirably ; or rather it delights in a hot, dry, 

 and sandy soil ; though it is remarkable, that the frosts in 

 May did not injure them as much as some other vegeta- 

 bles. 



Pumpkins, (cucurbita pepo.) Generally not so large 

 nor so rich as in ordinary seasons. 



Squashes, (cucurbita verucosa.) As this vegetable 

 perfects its fruit in the warmest part of the season, and is 

 probably a native of our latitude, I did not discover that 

 they were better or worse than other years. 



Cucumber, {cucumis sativus.) This fruit is much the 

 best in cold weather, and seems to luxuriate in moder- 

 ately wet seasons, in great plenty with us the preceding 

 summer. The early planting was almost totally dt stray t d 

 by thefrostin Mav, except where they had been sheltered. 



Beans, (phaseolus vulgaris.) The first planting killed 

 by the frost, the second a tolerable crop. 



