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Potatoes. 



The potato can be grown with varying success on soils 

 of all kinds and in all conditions of fertility. Pasture 

 lands or new land with the turf freshly turned, produce 

 the most abundant as well the most certain crops. On 

 heavy soils, and land that has been long under cultivation, 

 it is apt to be diseased and of inferior flavor. Plant in 

 rows three feet apart, so as to cultivate with horse, and 

 drop the seed ten or twelve inches apart in the rows ; cut 

 to two eyes, with a good amount of the potato around 

 same, so that the young plants may have plenty of nour- 

 ishment until the roots get well established. Phosphate 

 w r ill grow a good crop of smooth, fine-flavored tubers, 

 when barn-yard manure would cause them to become dis- 

 eased. Cultivation should commence as soon as the young 

 plants are fairly above the surface of the ground, and con- 

 tinue until the appearance of the blossoms, when no fur- 

 ther attention will be required till harvesting time. At 

 each successive hoeing, gather the earth about the plants, 

 adding a little each time, for support, and also to develop 

 the side shoots. When the bugs arrive, use Paris green ; 

 one or two applications will destroy them. I consider the 

 following varieties the best for general cultivation, and in 

 the order named: Early Beauty of Hebron, Early Rose, 

 Clark's No. 1 and Pearl of Savoy. 



Radish. 



The radish will thrive best in rather light soil, and to 

 be crisp and tender, needs to be grown quickly. For 

 early spring use, sow in hot-beds about January, and ev- 

 ery ten days or so make fresh sowings. For summer use, 

 sow in drills in the open ground as early as possible (the 

 ground needs to be pretty dry and warm), and thin to two 

 or three inches apart ; if a continuous supply is wanted 



