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from the end of March to the beginning of Au- 

 gust ; and, as a case in point, there have been pro- 

 duced on two acres two rood and twenty-four 

 perch 858 bushels of fine potatoes, the sets not 

 being planted before the 28th June. And the ash- 

 leaved kidney, as mentioned by A. Knight, Esq., a 

 gentleman to whom horticulture is so much in- 

 debted, when planted in a mild season, has produced 

 650 bushels an acre, each bushel weighing nearly 

 eighty pounds; and great as this crop may seem, 

 more have been produced on an acre, from two 

 crops in one season, on the same ground : such is 

 the astonishing increase of the potato. 



General culture of the early and late kinds of 

 potatoes. For the first early crop, either for the 

 private market or cottager's garden, the following 

 sorts are recommended : Ash-leaved Kidney, 

 Foxe's Seedling, Early Manley, and Shaw's Early : 

 they succeed each other, and are much esteemed 

 in the London markets. 



For planting these early sorts, if on a small 

 scale, when the plough is not used, deep drills should 

 be drawn at eighteen inches' distance, and the sets 

 put in from eight to ten inches asunder ; but more 

 or less depends on how long they are to remain. In 

 setting, let the sprout or eye be uppermost ; and in 

 respect of manure for this crop, if the land should 

 be in good strength manure may be omitted, the 

 earth being drawn carefully over them. By this 

 method of planting, the sets will come up more re- 

 gularly, as well as the crop earlier, than when 

 planted in a promiscuous manner, many with the 

 bottom part upwards. 



