PLU 
POT 
Reine Claude Yiolette. Of medium size 
on a standard, but large from a wall, 
round, purple, covered witli a fine 
bloom, thinly dotted with yellow; 
flesh free, firm, juicy, and delicious; 
ripens the beginning of September; 
young wood smooth; tree hardy, and 
a good bearer in any position; it is 
a variety which should be included 
in every collection. Syn. Purple 
Gage, Violet Gage. 
Rivers’s Early. Emit of medium size, 
oval, dark purple; flesh adhering, 
sweet, and excellent; ripe in Jidy; 
one of the best early plums. Young 
wood smooth. 
Royal Hative. Of medium size, round¬ 
ish, purple, with paler bloom, and 
marked with yellow; flesh free, very 
juicy and rich; ripe in August; young- 
wood downy ; tree hardy, and a mode¬ 
rate bearer. Syn. Miviam. 
St. Catherine. Of medium size, obovate, 
pale yellow, covered with white bloom; 
flesh clingstone, sweet and rich; ripe 
in September; young wood smooth; 
tree does best against a wall, where it 
bears abundantly. An excellent variety 
for any purpose. 
Washington. Very large, roundish, 
yellowish-green, with a tinge of red 
on the sunny side, dotted with red, 
and covered with a purple bloom ; flesh 
free, juicy, and rich; ripe in Septem¬ 
ber; young wood downy; tree vigor¬ 
ous, and bears well as a standard. 
Syn. Bolrnar, Bolmar’s Washington, 
Eranklin, New Washington. 
Winesour. Small, roundish oblong, 
dark purple; flesh clingstone, juicy, 
and sharp flavoured; ripe in Septem¬ 
ber ; young wood downy; tree very 
hardy, and a great bearer; much 
esteemed for preserving and kitchen 
uses. Syn. Rotherham. 
POTATO. Solanum tuberosum (Linn.) 
Nat. Order Solanacene. This truly in¬ 
valuable root has of late, from the 
deplorable circumstance of its very 
general failure, attracted much attention, 
and from the mass of information to be 
gathered from the observations of those 
who have given the subject their most 
careful study, very much may be ex¬ 
pected to result in the way of an im¬ 
proved system of culture. It seems to 
be a very general conviction that two 
errors prevail in the usual system, 
namely, the roots are not planted early 
enough in the season, and that sufficient 
pains is not taken to secure thorough 
maturity and ripening in the seed in¬ 
tended for the next year’s supply. In 
an endeavour (commendable perhaps 
for its motive) to meet and repair these 
errors there are some who have rushed 
into the opposite extremes; for only 
such a feeling could have induced any 
one to recommend, as has been done, 
the roasting of the sets in a chimney as 
bacon is cured, or the still more barbarous 
idea of leaving them altogether in the 
ground. Opinions are valuable only 
as they are based on reason, and though 
we may be willing to allow all who have 
entered on the subject the utmost 
credit for their desire to do good, we 
must still exercise caution in adopting 
their views. Autumn planting has its 
advocates, but there are so many draw¬ 
backs inseparable from the practice, 
that it is not likely ever to become of 
general use. 
The course we would advise is to 
plant all the several kinds, both early 
and late, at the same time, as soon after 
the winter frosts as the ground can be 
got into working order, say through the 
months of Eebruary and March, and 
on no account would we defer the work 
beyond the end of the latter month: 
let the ground be well worked, and, 
when in good tilth, the sets should be 
got into furrows of about nine inches 
depth, preserving a distance of from 
one to two feet, both between the indi¬ 
vidual sets and also the rows, according 
to the character of the kinds planted; 
those which run to large tops of course 
requiring more space than the smaller 
and earlier kinds. And with regard to 
the quality of the land, where there is 
a choice, we should endeavour to get the 
earliest sorts on the driest parts, be¬ 
cause of the additional mealiness or 
maturity it will afford them, and the 
later ones, from the circumstance of their 
