320 SOILS AND PLANT LIFE 



Early potatoes may be started in the hotbed or in a box 

 of sandy soil in a window. If this is done, the best results 

 are obtained by planting whole potatoes of medium size 

 and removing all of the sprouts as they appear except 

 the strongest one. In three or four weeks, the plant will 

 have made thrifty growth. It may then be transplanted 



Harvesting potatoes. 



to the garden and new potatoes gathered from it several 

 days or even weeks before those which were planted as 

 dormant tubers on the same date in the open ground. 



New potatoes begin to appear in the markets of the 

 northern cities in February and ]\Iarch. These are grown 

 in Florida. During the months from February to July, 

 northern markets are supphed by gardens in succession 



