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before the remedy can be of any avail. Paris green being 

 a deadly poison, it is absolutely necessary that fields on 

 which Potatoes are growing should be protected from 

 cattle. It is sometimes supposed that danger might 

 arise from the use of the Paris green affecting the Potato 

 tubers. There need be no fear of this, as the tubers do 

 not in any way absorb it. 



The Long Island farmers, in the neighborhood of Xew 

 York, have their crops of Early Potatoes sold off early 

 enough in July to get the ground leveled and Late Cab- 

 bages planted on the ridge on which the Potatoes have 

 been growing, sufficient manure being left in the ground 

 to carry through the crop of Cabbage. The two crops 

 together give an average profit of $150 an acre. Potatoes 

 may be preserved during winter by. the section pit system 

 recommended for the general preservation of vegetables, 

 or in a frost-proof cellar. 



The varieties of the Potato are very numerous, many 

 of them having only a local reputation, so that it is some- 

 Avhat difficult to name the best for such an extensive ter- 

 ritory as ours. But few of the varieties named below 

 were* grown twenty years ago, but these are such as are 

 now in very general demand, which indicates that they 

 are the best for general cultivation. 



Early Rose. A standard variety everywhere. It is 

 still one of the best for earliness, quality and productive- 

 ness yet introduced. 



Vanguard* Extremely early, perhaps the earliest of 

 all. Quality unsurpassed, but not quite so heavy a 

 yielder as some others. 



Pearl of Savoy, A good yielder and a very excellent 

 variety. The tubers are large and oblong ; flesh, white 

 and mealy. 



Beauty of Hebron, One of the best early sorts, being 

 very productive and of fine quality. 



