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DID  YOU  RAISE  300  BUSHELS  OF 
POTATOES  PER  ACRE  THIS  YEAR? 
Notes  from  a  Maryland  Garden 
Fall  Strawberries. — This  is  Novem¬ 
ber  10th  and  the  Progressive  strawberries 
are  still  bearing  and  blooming,  and  we 
had  them  on  the  table  yesterday.  The 
nearby  growers  have  kept  onr  market 
fully  supplied  all  the  Fall  at  10  cents  a 
quart,  and  the  fruit  has  been  of  good 
size  and  very  -sweet.  But  I  doubt  the 
value  of  these  Fall-bearing  strawberries 
as  fruit  for  distant  shipping,  as  they  are 
rather  soft.  In  fact  as  compared  with  the 
general  Spring  crop  vai'ieties  I  hardly 
think  they  would  pay  for  shipping  North, 
for  their  Spring  crop,  while  good,  does 
not  compare  with  the  standard  varieties 
in  size,  and  would  hardly  pay  in  the  rush 
of  the  Spring  shipping.  A  patch  for  the 
local  Fall  market  may  do  very  well,  but 
on  a  large  scale  I  would  doubt  their  profit 
as  compared  with  sorts  like  the  Chesa¬ 
peake,  Aroma,  and  Big  Joe.  During  its 
first  season  the  Progressive  does  finely, 
but  my  last  year  patch,  while  it  made  a 
good  Spring  crop,  has  failed  to  do  any¬ 
thing  worth  picking  this  Fall,  and  only 
the  new-set  patch  has  given  us  Fall  fruit. 
I  shall  continue  to  grow  them,  but  only  as 
annuals. 
Hardy  Chrysanthemums. — The  bright 
sunny  Fall  weather  has  made  a  wonder¬ 
ful  growth  in  the  spinach,  and  the  patch 
sown  late  intended  merely  to  Winter  over 
for  Spring  cutting  will  soon  be  large 
enough  to  cut  if  the  weather  does  not 
turn  cold.  It  is  rare  that  we  have  such 
warm  sunny  November  weather  up  to  the 
10th  of  November.  The,  frost  cut  tender 
things  in  October,  and  but  for  that  frost 
we  would  still  have  things  thriving.  It 
has  been  the  most  favorable  season  for 
the  outdoor  Chrysanthemums  I  have  ever 
seen  here,  and  they  are  still  loaded  with 
bloom.  One  of  my  neighbors,  who  has  a 
fancy  for  the  big  flowers,  takes  a  great 
deal  of  pains  in  disbudding  and  feeding 
the  plants,  and  really  has  the  blooms  as 
fine  as  those  of  the  florists  under  glass 
with  only  a  cheesecloth  shelter  above 
them.  I  like  the  profusion  of  flowers  for 
cutting,  and  do  not  care  for  the  big  mops. 
But  as  all  Chrysanthemums  winter  well 
outside  here  we  can  grow  the  early  bloom¬ 
ing  varieties  very  well,  but  the  later  ones 
are  apt  to  get  caught  before  completing 
their  bloom. 
A  Grange  Exhibit. — Yesterday  our 
county  Grange  had  a  very  creditable  ex¬ 
hibit  of  farm  and  garden  products  in  our 
large  armory  building.  Among  other 
things  there  was  cotton  and  cotton  plants 
heavily  boiled.  I  grew  some  cotton  this 
year,  but  failed  to  show  mine.  In  my 
boyhood  cotton  was  commonly  grown 
here  in  small  patches,  when  the  country 
people  spun  and  wove  their  fustian  with 
a  cotton  warp  and  wool  filling.  This  blue 
fustian  was  the  universal  clothing  of  the 
country  men  and  boys.  But  to-day  the  old 
spinning  wheels  and  band  looms  have  all 
disappeared,  and  the  farmer  folks  buy 
ready-made  clothes. 
Judging  Potatoes. — At  the  show 
were  several  samples  of  Irish  potatoes. 
The  county  agent  who  was  one  of  the 
judges  favored  placing  the  blue  ribbon  on 
a  good  marketable  sample,  but  the  farm¬ 
er  with  him  insisted  on  naming  some 
overgrown  specimens  as  best.  My  wife 
was  standing  by,  and  said :  “If  Prof. 
Massey  was  on  that  committee  those  big 
potatoes  would  not  get  the  premium,  for 
no  woman  would  buy  them  in  the  market, 
as  we  know  they  are  hollow.”  T  "t  year 
I  was  judge  at  a  local  potato  show,  and 
made  my  own  score  card,  and  numbers 
were  surprised  when  I  turned  down  their 
mammoth  potatoes  and  gave  the  first 
prize  to  a  fine  sample  of  good,  clean  mar¬ 
ketable  potatoes.  They  thought  that  size 
would  carry  the  day,  when  in  fact  it  was 
a  defect.  The  same  is  true  in  judging 
sweet  potatoes.  No  one  wants  the  great 
overgrown  ones,  which  are  harder  to 
cook,  and  cheat  in  the  measure.  Two 
years  ago  at  the  show  of  the  Maryland 
Horticultural  Society  in  Baltimore  I  was 
judge  on  vegetables,  and  one  man  with  a 
barrel  of  mammoth  potatoes  was  sur¬ 
prised  that  he  got  no  prize.  Last  year 
there  was  a  fine  show  of  potatoes  there, 
but  the  mammoths  were  evidently  left  at 
home,  as  the  growers  have  found  that 
mere  size  does  not  count  in  potatoes. 
W.  F.  MASSEY. 
Returns  from  Asparagus 
Can  you  give  me  an  idea  as  to  the 
not  returns  one  might  obtain  from  an  acre 
of  asparagus  and  what  is  the  best  way 
to  start  it?  Can  you  use  too  much  hen 
manure  on  it?  j.  c.  J. 
Chelmsford,  Mass. 
A  good  average  crop  of  asparagus 
might  be  placed  at  300  dozen  bunches, 
which  at  $1  to  $1.50  per  dozen  would 
give  $300  to  $450  gross  return.  Both 
gross  and  net  vary  widely  according  to 
conditions  and  from  year  to  year.  I  have 
statements  of  crop  nets  ranging  from 
$100  to  about  $1,000.  I  once  saw  the 
books  of  a  leading  grower  in  the  Con¬ 
cord  district  showing  nets  of  about  $300 
per  acre.  Perhaps  one-half  that  figure 
would  serve  as  a  conservative  estimate. 
Asparagus  will  grow  almost  anywhere 
not  too  poor  and  dry,  loose  loams  with 
loose  subsoil,  loams  like  those  of  the 
Connecticut  and  Concord  valleys,  or  in 
the  Dighton  district.  Good  strawberry 
loam  is  likely  to  he  good  for  asparagus, 
but  stones  in  the  soil  make  many  crooked 
stalks.  The  crop  also  pays  well  on  some 
Tighter  sandy  loams,  yielding  a  lighter 
crop  but  catching  the  early  markets. 
It  is  usually  set  in  Spring,  but  may  be 
set  in  Fall  when  the  tops  are  dry.  Prob¬ 
ably  it  will  be  fully  as  well  to  wait  until 
Spring  and  get  the  land  fine  and  full  of 
manure  this  Fall.  It  should  follow  a 
crop  that  requires  high  manuring  and 
clean  culture.  Plow  very  deep.  On  most 
soils  it  will  pay  well  to  add  a  ton  of 
ground  limestone.  Apply  about  15  tons 
of  barnyard  manure  and  harrow  it  several 
times.  In  the  Spring  add  half  a  ton  of 
good  chemical  fertilizer.  In  your  case, 
good  plants  may  he  had  from  growers  not 
many  miles  away.  Get  yearlings  from  a 
field  free  of  rust.  The  Beading  Giant  and 
some  other  strains  are  very  resistant  io 
rust.  Throw  out  wealc-looking  plants. 
Some  few  growers  insist  that  only  male 
plants  should  be  set.  Wide  setting,  Cx2 
feet,  is  favored  to  prevent  rust,  but  the 
standard  distance  is  4x1^4  feet.  Be  care¬ 
ful  to  get  the  tows  straight,  and  open 
them  both  ways  to  get  them  deep,  wide 
and  clean.  Keep  the  plants  moist  until 
set.  Spread  the  roots  evenly,  work  soil 
up  under  the  center.  The  crown  should 
he  six  inches  below  the  surface,  but  do 
not  cover  to  the  surface  when  planting. 
Cover  about  three  inches  and  press  the 
soil  firmly.  The  furrow  is  gradually 
filled  while  cultivating,  or  better,  is  filled 
with  manure  in  late  Fall.  Chemicals 
may  be  used  without  manure,  applying 
liberally  as  for  potatoes.  Nitrate  very 
early  iu  the  Spring  will  help.  Hen  ma¬ 
nure  is  good  if  not  filled  with  seeds  of 
grass  and  weeds  that  come  from  the  lit¬ 
ter.  I  have  never  heard  of  using  too 
much,  although  I  have  applied  enormous 
quantities  to  this  crop  as  top-dressing. 
G.  B  F. 
Wood  Ashes  on  Corn 
I  have  about  a  ton  of  wood  ashes  and 
burnt  hones.  What  can  I  do  with  it  to 
get  best  results?  I  have  used  it  iu  place 
of  fertilizer,  but  did  not  receive  good  sat¬ 
isfaction.  I  have  used  it  for  corn ;  the 
stalks  were  short  and  the  ears  were  large. 
New  Jersey.  F.  s.  n. 
The  wood  ashes  and  the  burnt  bones 
contain  potash,  phosphorie  acid,  and  some 
lime.  This  combination  ought  to  be  good 
on  corn,  garden  crops,  or  almost  any 
crop  except  potatoes.  The  ashes  and  the 
burnt  bone  contain  no  nitrogen,  and  it 
was  probably  due  to  this  fact  that  they 
did  not  give  better  results  on  that  corn. 
This  crop  must  have  nitrogen  in  order  ro 
do  well,  and  lacking  that  the  effect  would 
be  very  much  as  you  state — that  is,  good- 
sized  cars,  but  rather  poor  stalks.  We 
would  use  the  ashes  and  bone  on  corn, 
and  also  use  in  connection  with  it  about 
150  lbs.  of  nitrate  of  soda  or  250  lbs.  of 
dried  blood  to  the  acre.  The  nitrate  and 
the  blood  will  add  the  nitrogen  which  is 
lacking  in  the  ashes,  and  this  will  make 
a  good  combination. 
“For  the  Land’s  Sake,  use  Bowker’s 
Fertilizers;  they  enrich  the  earth  and 
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