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cannot be done that it is advisable to leave them for a longer period in 

 the ground. 



While speaking of potatoes, allow me to say further, that I have this 

 morning dug a hill of Early Goodrich potatoes grown from a slip or sprout 

 transplanted in the spring, which produced me eight potatoes as large as 

 one's fist, besides five smaller ones of an eatable size ; making, in all, 

 thirteen in the hill. 



Aug. 9, 1869. 



BOSTON-MARKET TOMATO. 



By Fearing Burr, Hingham, Mass. 



From the best information we can gather, this variety originated with 

 some of the market-men in the vicinity of Boston, Mass.; and was probably 

 obtained by selection. There is little in the foliage or general character of 



BOSTON-MARKET TOMATO. 



the plant that would distinguish it from many others ; but for some years it 

 has been considered one of the most productive, and at the same time one 



