For the Southern States. 



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Red Cherrv , 



Lonj? Red Cayenne. 



POTATOES. 



PoMME DE Teree (Fi.), Kartoffel (Ger.) 



Extra Early Vermo^jt. 

 Snowflake . 

 Beauty of Hebron. 

 White Elephant. 



Early Rose. 

 Jackson White. 

 Breese's Peerless. 

 Breese's Prolific. 

 Russets. 



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 mak«^ the ground rich enough. If the ground was planted 

 the fall previous with Cow Peas which were plowed under, it will 

 be in good condition for ])otatoes. 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 feet apart, according to the space and how to 

 be cultivated afterwards. For field culture two and a half to 

 three feet apart j for garden two feet will answer. We plant po- 

 tatoes 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, aiid billed up as they grow. 

 If potatoes are i)lanted shallow and not hilled soon, they will suf- 

 fer more, if caught by a late frost, than if planted deep and hilled 

 up well. Early pot.'tofs have not the same value here as in the 

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

 planting get cut down by a frost, and a later planting, which may 

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

 advance of the first ])lanted. 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 Kovember. They should not be cut 

 if planted at this time of the, year, but planted whole. Potatoes 

 from those raised iu spring can be used for seed i^urpos'^s. They 



