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face, and few in number. It has been but recently introduced 

 to notice, but it is a variety of great excellence, yielding a 

 large crop, and is every way worthy of extensive cultivation. 



Seedling Potato. — We have already noticed Mr. Hancock's 

 new seedling potato, (V., p. 367, and VII., p. 73.) From 

 what we can learn respecting it, of Mr. Hancock, it will pro- 

 bably prove a valuable variety. We would recommend it to 

 the notice of cultivators, as we are convinced it will prove all 

 Mr. Hancock has stated. 



Our notices will be concluded in our next. 



Art. V. On the culture of the Tomato and Egg Plant. 

 By J. W. Russell, Superintendent at Mount Auburn. 



The Tomato, (S'olanum lycopersicum,) — is of the same 

 family of plants as the potato, (Solanum tuberosum:) the 

 French and Italians, particularly the latter, think as much of 

 a field of tomatoes as a New England farmer does of a choice 

 field of potatoes. 



Tomatoes are so well known, that the fruit, when ripe, has 

 become almost an indispensable dish through the summer 

 months, on every table. The modes of cooking it are vari- 

 ous, according to the taste and fancy of individuals, and it 

 would, I conceive, be altogether unnecessary to describe them. 



Any person who has a small plot of ground that is not shaded 

 by buildings, or otherwise, from the sun, can with certainty 

 raise a plenitude of tomatoes for family use, as the plants, 

 whether placed in a rich soil or poor soil, with a bountiful 

 supply of manure, will bear an abundance of fruit. One thing 

 ever to be remembered is, to select the sunniest spot, as that 

 is by far the most favorable for the ripening of the fruit. 



The seed should be sown the first week in May, in a box, or 

 large flower pot, that has been previously filled with fine fertile 

 earth, and placed in a warm sheltered spot, and if there is 

 any prospect of a cold night, the box or pot should be taken 

 under cover, until the weather becomes fine again; then the 

 open air is the most proper place for the plants. 



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