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Culture and Produce of 



The following list will show a succession of good potatoes 

 for the year, without artificial means : — 



May, June, and July - Ash-leaved, red, and other kidneys. 



July and August - Purple eyes ,• a fine, large, round, mealy potato. 



September, October, and ) Prussian ; a red mealy potato, an excellent 



November - \ bearer. 



November, December, > ^ , . i -o • > u s -\ 



and January - - \ De ™nshn-e apple, Prince s beauties j 

 February, March, April, ) „ . n . . , v . . > All good. 



and Mav - ' ( colliers and white long-keepers J 



The above are known and cultivated extensively about 

 Frome, Warminster, Bradford, Trowbridge, and Westbury. 



I am, Sir, &c. J. Elles. 



198. Sloane Street, Sept. 1. 1829. 



Art. XVIII. Notice of the Culture and Produce of a Patch of 

 Maize, or Cobbetfs Corn, groion by Mr. Greig, at Baysioater. 

 Communicated by Mr. Greig. 



Sir, 

 I now send you an account 

 of my method of growing Mr. 

 Cobbett's corn, of which I fur- 

 nished you with a fair speci- 

 men. * {Jig. 13.) Having got 

 the ground well dug early in 

 May, on the 7th of that month 

 I drew seven drills, 3 ft. apart, 

 of the same depth as for kid- 

 neybeans, and planted the seed 

 of two ears of corn, purchased 

 of Mr. Cobbett, 6 in. from seed 

 to seed, treading the rows, as 

 my ground was very dry. In a 

 week or ten days the corn came 

 up, scarcely a seed missing ; 

 and, about a week after that, I 

 gave it a good hoeing, which 

 greatly improved it. A fort- 

 night afterwards I gave it a 

 second hoemg, and about the 

 20th of June a third hoeing, 



* To enable our readers to compare the size of the ears of the plant sent 

 us with the ears of the large varieties grown in North America, we have 



