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A New Book on the Potato. 
The $ 9 ©0.00 Prize Essay 
ON THE 
Cultivation of the Potato, 
Priije offered by W. T. Wylie, and awarded to 
D. A. Compton, Hawley, Penn. 
| ILLUSTRATED. 
The design of this little treatise is to present, with 
minuteness of detail, that mode of culture which experi¬ 
ence amf observation have proved to be best adapted to 
the production of the Potato crop. It is written by one 
who himself holds the plow, and who has, since his 
early youth, been engaged in agriculture in its various 
branches, to the exclusion of other pursuits. The book 
also contains an article on 
HOW TO COOK THE POTATO. 
Furnished by Prof. Pierre Blot. 
Price, paper covers, post-paid, 25 cents. 
SMALL FRUIT - 3ULTURIST. 
By ANDREW S. FULLER. 
It tells al! about 
STRAWBERRIES. 
RASPBERRIES. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
BARBERRIES. 
DWARF CHERRIES. 
CURRANTS. 
GOOSE BERRIES. 
CRANBERRIES. 
HUCKLEBERRIES. 
CORNELIAN CHERRIES. 
This book covers the whole ground of Propagation, 
Culture, Varieties, Packing for Market, etc. 
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Either of the above books sent post-paid on receipt of 
price by 
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345 Broadway, New York. 
BACK VOLUMES 
OF THE 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
The publishers of the American Agriculturist can supply 
any of the back volumes of that paper from the Sixteenth to 
the Twenty -eighth. These volumes contain more varied 
and interesting information on all matters pertaining to 
the Farm, Garden, and Household, than can be obtained 
in books costing three times as much money. Price of 
each bound volume, at the Office, $2.00; sent post-paid, 
$2.50. Orange Judd & Co., 245 Broadway, New York. 
COTTON CULTURE. 
BY JOSEPH B. LYMAN. 
WITH AN ADDITIONAL CHAPTER ON 
COTTON SEE© . AND ITS USES. 
BY J. R. SYPHER. 
CONTENTS. 
PART I. 
THE COTTON FARM.—ITS STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, 
AND LABORERS. 
PREPARATION OF SOIL AND PLANTING. 
HOW THE CROP IS TO BE CULTIVATED. 
COTTON PICKING. 
GINNING, BALING, AND MARKETING. 
THE COTTON PLANTER’S CALENDAR. 
PART H. 
QUALITY, EXTENT, AND CHARACTER OF COT¬ 
TON LANDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 
ENEMIES AND DISEASES OF COTTON. 
IMPROVED AND SCIENTIFIC CULTURE. 
VARIOUS KINDS OF COTTON CULTIVATED IN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
HOW TO REALIZE THE MOST FROM A CROP. 
VALUE OF COTTON AS A PLANT, AND ITS USES. 
THE PAST AND THE FUTURE OF COTTON. 
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. 
COTTON SEED OIL. COTTON SEED CAKE. 
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NEW WORK FOR FRUIT GROWERS. 
PEACH CULTURE. 
BY 
JAMES ALEXANDER FULTON, 
DOVER, DELAWARE. 
ILLUSTRATED 
Within the last few years, fruit culture, in all its vari¬ 
eties, has greatly increased in this couutry ; so that, to¬ 
day, it is one of the leading interests. Among the fruits, 
the Peach , if not the most, is one of the most, important 
of all. It is so easily raised, comes into bearing so soon, 
and is so delicious, as well as beautiful, it is impossible 
that it should not be a favorite. The consequence is 
that, in the sections specially conducive to its cultivation, 
almost every farm has an orchard, and some farms arc 
but one continuous orchard; and sometimes farm after 
farm is devoted to peaches. Some planters have set as 
many as twenty thousand trees in a single season. Or¬ 
chards of twenty, thirty, and fifty acres are not at all 
infrequent. Living in the very center of the peach-grow¬ 
ing district; sharing the common interest felt in the sub¬ 
ject; deeply impressed with its importance to the indi¬ 
vidual planters themselves, and also to the community al 
large ; and believing that a lasting benefit could be done 
to both, the author has been induced to prepare, and now 
offers to the public this work on peach culture. 
CONTENTS: 
Introduction. 
Chapter I.—Site of Nursery. 
Chapter II.—Seed. 
Chapter III.—Seed-bed. 
Chapter IV.—Preparation of Ground for Nursery. 
Chapter V.—Planting the Seed. 
Chapter VI.—Nursery Cultivation. 
Chapter VII.—Buds. 
Chapter VIII.—Budding. 
Chapter IX.—Cultivation of Buds. 
Chapter X.—Taking Up and Sending to Market. 
Chapter XI.—Selecting a Site for an Orchard. 
Chapter XII.—Planting an Orchard. 
Chapter XIII.—Orchard Cultivation. 
Chapter XIV.—Coming In. 
Chapter XV.—Baskets and Crates. 
Chapter XVI.—Transportation. 
Chapter XVII.—Consignees. 
Chapter XVIII.—Ladders. 
Chapter XIX.—Shipping. 
Chapter XX.—Picking. 
Chapter XXI.—Returns. 
Chapter XXII.—Markets. 
Chapter XXIII. — Profit. 
Chapter XXIV.—Culture after a Crop. 
Chapter XXV.—Uses. 
Chapter XXVI.—Insects and Diseases. 
Chapter XXVII.— Special Culture. 
Chapter XXVIII.—The Peach-House. 
Chapter XXIX.—Varieties. 
Chapter XXX.—Descriptive Catalogue, 
Chapter XXXI.— Fancy Varieties. 
Price, Post-paid, $1.50. 
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