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inches deep, is placed, on which the potatoes are laid about 

 two inches apart, and these are covered with another layer ot 

 the same mould, and of the same depth. On the surface of 

 this second layer, potatoes are again laid, and then covered as 

 before; this is repeated until the box be full. The boxes may 

 be kept in any of the fire-houses, or in a warm back shed, 

 and in three months from the time of planting, young potatoes 

 fit for use will be formed. It is to be observed, that the young 

 potatoes thus obtained are nmch inferior in quality to those 

 produced by vegetating plants ; but as it is scarcely possible to 

 bring forward potatoes in beds so soon, this plan is useful, 

 when considered as a means of obtaining a luxury at so early 

 a season." 



This simple method will ali'ord young potatoes, certainly, 

 at a season when they cannot be had by any other means, and 

 may be adopted by those, who have not the convenience of 

 hot-beds or hot-houses. The boxes placed in any ordinary 

 cellar will produce them ; and if placed in a stable, or any 

 other building where the tem|x?rature is mild, they will bn 

 produced in considerable quantities. They have been culti- 

 vated in boxes, planted in the usual way, and placed in hot- 

 houses, but are not found to answer so well as on beds of hot 

 dung. 



Substitutes for forced potatoes have also "been had recourse 

 to, and we know of none better than a small potiito, about tlie 

 size of a pigeon's egg, which is often imported into this coun- 

 try from Holland, by some of the Dutch residents in this 

 country. The merits of this potato are, that the skin is very 

 delicate, and the size that of a middling-sized forced potato, 

 and is much superior to forced potatoes, which are usually 

 used before they are ripe, and are therefore waxy and of an 

 unpleasant taste; whereas this potato, being fully ripened, is 

 mealy, and of a delightful flavor, in fact excelled by few of 

 our finest potatoes, when grown in their greatest perfection. 

 It is planted in the spring in the open garden, and treated 

 exactly as other potatoes are, and when ripe in autumn is of 

 the size above described. It is kept in heaps covered with 

 straw, and afterwards with mould, as is usually done by our 

 general crops of that root; and sometinus left m the ground 



