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INDIAN CORN. 

 Mais. Zea mayz. 



VARIETIES. 

 Early Dutton. Gobbet's Early Normandy 



Early Tuscarora. Southern Horsetooth. 



Early Canadian. Early Golden Sioux. 



Sweet, or Sugar. Mottled and Curious Pearl. 



The different varieties of early Com intended for boiling 

 when young, or others as curiosities, may be planted in the 

 garden the last vyeek in April, or early in May, in hills four 

 feet apart, or in drills. If some of each esteemed variety be 

 planted in separate beds at the same time, they v^dll come in 

 for the table one after the other in reg-ular succession. After 

 this, if any particular variety be preferred, it may be planted 

 at different times in the month of May and June. If the 

 ground be poor, mix a shovelful of old manure vvdth the 

 earth in each hill before the seed are planted, and after the 

 plants are up strong, scatter a tea-cup full of wood ashes 

 around each hill. This, with attentive hoeing and hilling, 

 will cause it to produce ears early. Deep digging or plough- 

 ing between the hills is very beneficial when the com is about 

 eighteen inches high. 



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PoMME DE TERRE. Heliaiithus tuberosom. 



This plant is a native of America. The tubers of the 

 root, which are generally abundant, were, before Potatoes 

 became improved by cultivation, in great esteem, and are 

 yet considered a fine flavoured and nutritious food, when 

 boiled and mashed with butter. They may be easily propa- 

 gated by cutting the roots into sets, with two eyes in each, 

 and planting them in the same manner as Potatoes, in March 

 and April. To have them in perfection, they should be hoed 



