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making them productive and profitable. They are entirely exempt 

 from any fiery taste or flavor, and can be eaten as readily as an apple. 



Bell or Bull Nose. Is a large oblong variety which is not sweet 

 or mild, as thought by some. The seeds are very hot. Used for pick- 

 ling. 



JLong: Red Cayenne. Is very hot and jningent. Cultivated 

 here and used for pepper sauce and seasoning purposes. There are 

 two varieties ; one is long and straight, and the other like shown in 

 cut, which is the only kind I keep. 



Red Cherry. A small roundish variety, very hot and productive. 



Bird Eye. Small, as the name indicates. It is very hot and 

 used principally for pepper vinegar. 



Chili or Tabasco. A small variety, from three-fourths t(> an 

 inch long. It is strong, and used for pepper sauce more than any 

 other sort. 



POTATOES. 



PoMME DE Terre (Fr.), Kartoffel (Ger.). 



Early Kose. | Snowflake. 



Breese's Peerless. ' Beauty of Hebron. 



EussETS. I White Elephant. 



Extra Early Vermont. I Eural Blush. 



Potatoes thrive and produce best in a light, dry but rich soil. 

 Well decomposed stable manure, is the best, but, if it cannot be had, 

 cotton seed meal, bone dust, or any other fertilizer should be used to 

 make the ground rich enough. If the ground was planted the fall 

 previous with Cow Peas, which were i)lowed under, it will be in good 

 condition for Potatoes. Good sized tubers should be selected for 

 planting, which can be cut in pieces not too small ; each piece ought 

 to contain at least three eyes. Plant in drills from two to three leet 

 apart, according to the space and how to be cultivated afterwards. 

 For field culture, two and a half to three feet apart; for garden, two 

 feet will answer. We plant potatoes here from end of December to 

 end of March, but the surest time is about the first of February. If 

 planted early they should be planted deeper than if planted late, and 

 hilled up as they grow. If potatoes are planted shallow and not hilled 

 soon, they will suffer more, if caught by a late frost, than if planted 

 deep and hilled up well. Early potatoes have not the same value here 

 as in the North, as the time of planting is so long, and very often the 

 first planting gets cut down by a frost, and a late planting, which may 

 just be peeping through the ground, will escape and produce in ad- 

 vance of the first planted. A fair crop of potatoes can be raised here 

 if planted in August ; if the autumn is not too dry they will bring nice 

 tubers by end of November. They should not be cut if planted at this 

 time of the year, but planted whole. They should be put in a moist 

 l^lace before planting, so they may sprout. The early varieties are 

 preferable for this time of planting. 



I have been handling several thousand barrels of potatoes every 

 season for planting, and make Seed-Potatoes a specialty. The potatoes 



