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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1911 



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for several weeks it was cold and rainy, and my 

 potatoes did not appear above ground until April 

 20th. 



On April 27 th, the potatoes were given their first 

 forking between rows. Two days later, when the 

 potatoes were about four inches high, there was a 

 frost in the night. I felt heart-broken when I saw 

 the blackened tops, but I let the plants alone, and 

 in a few days I saw that they were recovering. 



On May 4th frost threatened again, and the 

 potatoes were covered with stable bedding. Two 

 nights later there was a heavier frost, and I would 

 have surely lost all the crop had the plants not been 

 covered. 



The potatoes grew right up through the litter 

 and on May 10th were twelve inches high. On 

 May 19th, the litter was carefully removed and 



Beauty of Hebron potatoes, planted March 25th. 

 were this size on June 18th 



the potatoes hilled. They were then fifteen inches 

 in height. 



On May 26th, I picked off a quantity of potato 

 bugs, and dusted slug shot over the tops. The 

 potatoes were in bloom on June 2nd, and in less 

 than two weeks I grubbed down and discovered 

 potatoes the size of golf balls. On June 18th one 

 hill was dug, and the accompanying photograph 

 shows the result. 



The largest potato in the hilll weighed three 

 ounces. On June 30th, the largest potato in a hill 

 (which contained eight of edible size) weighed five 

 ounces. 



In the Connecticut Valley it would not be safe 

 to plant a large area of potatoes as early as March 

 25th, on account of the frosts and difficulty in 

 caring for them, but a peck for first earlies might 

 always be successful, as mine were, and no doubt 

 one could have even better luck if an extra early 

 variety should be planted, as the potatoes would 

 mature more quickly than the Beauty of Hebron. 

 The latter potato is a good keeper. 



I plant but the one variety, and they keep from 

 year to year. When the sprouts appear they are 

 removed once a week, clean off. Last season I 

 harvested 27 bushels of potatoes, and sold enough 

 to pay for a laborer's time and for slug shot. 



As soon as they are dug they are sorted in three 

 divisions. The large and medium sized ones are 

 put together, the small ones by themselves, and 

 any that have been cut in the digging are placed 

 in another receptacle, and carried into an out- 

 building where they are spread on the floor. Last 

 year they were dug October 8th and left in this 

 building, with the window open, until October 31st, 

 when they were carried to the dark, cool cellar where 

 they were stored in large barrels for winter use. 



