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XLIII. On raising Young Potatoes in the Winter Months. 

 By A. Sherbrooke, Esq. of Oocton y in Nottinghamshire. 



Read March 5, 1811. 



In the beginning of May, lay a quantity of the largest Ox- 

 noble Potatoes two or three deep, on a dry cellar floor, and 

 turn them over once in about three weeks, rubbing off all 

 the white sprouts as they appear, but not the spawn or rudi- 

 ments of the young Potatoes. At the end of September have 

 ready a few boxes ; at the bottom of each put six inches of 

 decayed leaves, dried to a vegetable mould, and place upon 

 it a single layer of Potatoes, close to each other ; then put 

 another layer of the same mould, six inches deep, then ano- 

 ther of Potatoes, and so on till the boxes are full. Set the 

 boxes in a dry covered place, free from frost, never giving 

 them any water. They will produce good fine young Pota- 

 toes in December ; and those which are ready may be taken 

 off, and the old Potatoes replaced until the remainder of the 

 produce shall be ready. 



To obtain a succession, place other Potatoes in vegetable 

 mould, in the succeeding winter months. 



