CHAPTER VIII 



THE POTATO 



WE often wonder how people lived and 

 what they ate before the discovery of 

 the potato, for to-day it constitutes a great part 

 of man's food and is used by all classes. It 

 should therefore be grown wherever there is 

 sufficient space; a few hills of early potatoes 

 may be started early, transplanted and harv- 

 ested before some of the later crops need the 

 space. It is not practical to try to raise pota- 

 toes in some of the city lots, where the soil 

 might be put to a more intensive culture of the 

 root crops that may be planted close together. 

 Potatoes usually sell at a reasonable price in 

 the fall, and it is generally advised that the 

 city gardener buy his potatoes, while the sub- 

 urban and farm gardeners may raise them, pro- 

 viding they follow the fundamental principles 



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