OCTOBER. 



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POTATOES. 



Such as are at their fall growth must be taken up, 

 and when dry, cleared from earth, put into a warm 

 cellar and covered with straw, 



ELECAMPA^^^E. 



Sow the seed of this medicinal plant as soon as ripe. 

 Sow the seed ten inches apart, or plant offsets having 

 buds at the top. 



GEXERAL REMARKS. 



Dung and dig the ground that has not a crop on it,, 

 burying the dung ; or the ground may be thrown up 

 in ridges, that the weather may mellow it for spring 

 use. Prepare earth for early crops of next year, thus : 

 mix equal quantities of earth, loam and dung ; blend 

 them well, and leave the heap exposed to the sun and 

 air. This mixture will be w^anted next spring to lay 

 on hot beds. 



LIQUORICE. 



Cut the dead stems off liquorice plants, and dig the 

 j^round between the rows of plants. 



JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES. 



Take up the roots as you do potatoes, and sare 

 them in like manner from frost. 



PRUYE APPLES, PEARS, PLUMS AND CHER^ 

 RIES. 



In pruning these trees, observe that the same wood 

 continues to bear several years ; therefore cut only 

 such as are decayed, injured, or too old for bearing*"; 

 where such are cut out, train this year's shoots in 

 the places of what are cut, and let the new wood 

 run its full length, because shortening the shoots 

 Makes them throw out wood, instead of fruit bearing 



