Gardening 
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Fic. 157. Planting potatoes. The tubers are never formed deeper than the 
“seed” is planted. Hence the planting furrow should be 3 or 4 inches in depth. 
small garden, is that they stand shipping well and those 
bought are often of better quality than those grown at 
home. 
The plant is propagated from the tubers, which are cut 
into three or four pieces of nearly equal size so that each 
piece has at least two “‘ eyes’ or buds. These pieces are 
planted from 3 to 4 inches deep and 12 to 15 inches apart 
in rows that are 23 or 3 feet apart. Cultivate well, and 
hill up the soil about plants to protect the tubers from 
the sun and to give loose earth in which they can 
develop. 
In the North the early crop is planted as soon as the’ 
soil can be prepared in spring, and tubers for the main and 
late crop are planted soon after. In the South the early 
crop is planted from December to March, according to 
the winter conditions prevailing in the particular section. 
