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will often pay a profit of $150 to $200 per acre. In sowing peas the 

 seed should be dropped in the drill from half an inch to an inch, 

 apart. 



POTATO. 



The culture of the potato as a garden crop in no way differs from 

 that of the field which see in chapter under that head. The only 

 necessity for referring to it here is the advice we can give in using 

 the earlier kinds, when used as an early market vegetable. For this 

 purpose there are no varieties better than those known as the Early 

 Hose and Beauty of Hebron, which, when grown in warm situations 

 under favorable culture, will often prove a profitable crop for early 

 market. There are, however, so many new varieties being introduced 

 every year, that it is quite probable these standard kinds may soon 

 be superseded. These new kinds should be tested in a small way as 

 they appear. 



RHTJBARB. 



Like asparagus, this is a vegetable that does not require to be 

 renewed each season, having a perennial root, and, when once well 

 set in the ground will remain without replanting for at least eight or 

 ten years; but it is better to take up the roots when five years old. 



and divide them and make a new plantation. The quickest way, 

 perhaps, if a small quantity is wanted, is to procure the roots, which 

 should be set out in hills about three feet apart each way. It is one of 

 the grossest feeding plants of all vegetables, and requires, for perfection, 



