86.4 
Report upon the Market-garden, and 
any symptoms of flagging energies. They were " Lincolnshire 
Polands," drilled early in March, the wheat stubble having 
been smashed up in the autumn by a steam cultivator. Potatoes 
are generally planted immediately after the plough on this 
farm, and the seed is put into every other furrow, or about 
18 inches from row to row. The seed is dibbled in by hand, 
at a distance of 15 inches apart in th^ rows. After the seed 
has been planted the furrows are harrowed down. When the 
Judges saw the potato land, early in May, it seemed to them 
to lie somewhat roughly and unevenly ; the furrows in some 
places had not been thoroughly broken down, I and the marks of 
the horses' hoofs had not been harrowed out. Probably it had 
been difficult to work the land properly on account of its wet 
unkindly state ; but when the Judges saw the potato ground in 
June, after the rows of plants had been earthed up by the mould- 
plough, no fault could be found with the tillage. Red Bogs, 
Champions, and Dalmahoys, are the sorts principally planted : 
the seed, as a rule, comes from Scotland. Though potatoes are 
cultivated in frequent succession upon this farm, as well as upon 
many of the farms and gardens in this part of Essex, the 
injury and loss from the potato-blight are comparatively incon- 
siderable, and the immunity, or comparative immunity, from 
blight is due to the fact that early potatoes are planted for the 
most part, and are dug, as early as possible, and therefore 
escape the blight, which is not usually developed, or at all events 
does not seriously affect the tubers, until late in the season. 
IMr. Glenny was trying a new sort of potato, the Schoolmaster. 
Though it is a capital sort, he feared that it would not be adapted 
for field-culture, as the haulm was not strong and vigorous. 
The peas in the field marked E bade fair to give a most pro- 
ductive yield ; they were somewhat backward, like all the peas 
this season. The Fortyfold, Fillbasket, William the First, and 
Dr. Maclean are the sorts usually sown on this farm. Near the 
homestead was a very fine show of Broad Windsor beans, for pod- 
ding, which were set 18 inches apart and earthed up like potato 
plants to protect the stems and keep them standing erect. Mr. 
Glenny grows scarlet-runners to a considerable extent. Owing 
to the inclement season he had been obliged to plougli up some 
acres, as the seed had rotted in the ground. Scarlet-runners are 
planted towards the end of April, from 10 to 14 inches distant 
in the drills, which are at least 3 feet apart. No sticks, nor 
supports of any kind, are put to the scarlet-runners, and the 
plants are kept low by having tlieir tops cut off two or three 
times in their early stages, which in some degree alters their 
habit and tends to make them more productive. French beans 
are not planted so far apart, and are more delicate than "run- 
