SEASOHABLE HINTS. 
Crfer«/.-If tanked IIP too 
very liaWe to rust and ^ ^ 
sLage*. Thick wrapping paper tita 
the stalks has been found to ai 
purpose satisfactorily. trenches 
as deep as the Celery is high, and eigW o 
ten inches wide, placing the Plaat® witj then 
roots and the adhering soil upright and c ose 
together in these, gi'^ngsnfacient protect 
against freezing asthe weather grows coldei, 
is still the usual way of preserving i 
delicious vegetable. _ 
Last winter we tried the experiment of 
leaving the plants in the ground where they 
crew, without taking them up at all, and the 
result proved so satisfactory that we shall 
leave all of oiir crop outdoors the coming 
winter. About the middle of November the 
plants received their final banking up, so as 
to cover all but the tips of their leaves. 
Early in December about six inches of addi¬ 
tional soil was thrown on the top of the ridge, 
and all well patted down with the back of 
the spade. Leaves raked from the lawn and 
old corn-stalks were placed on the ridge a 
few inches thick, and on the top of this some 
branches of an old unsightly Norway Spruce 
which had just been cut down. The soil 
froze a few inches, but there was never 
any dilBculty in digging the Celery, which 
remained as sound and fresh as could be 
and improved constantly in C|uality. About 
every two weeks we dug a good-sized 
soap-box full, which was placed in the 
house-cellar for the family supply. The 
last digging was about “ Pea-planting time,” 
and we are sure it was not less delicious 
than the first. 
Keeping Squashes .— The best keeping va¬ 
riety is undoubtedly the Hubbard, but last 
winter we kept Perfect Gem in good con¬ 
dition till the end of .January, when the 
supply gave out. The principal condition for 
keeping .Squash is to gather them before 
they are injured by frost. It is thankless 
work to try to keep them after being frosted. 
It is also important that they should be 
handled carefully, so as not to bruise or 
chafe the skin. They sliould be placed in 
single layers on shelves in a perfectly dry 
place, where the temperature does never 
fall below 40°. A cellar best suited for 
keeping Apples or common Potatoes is too 
warm for Squashes. 
Sweet Potatoes require about the same 
temperature as Squashes. They sliould bo 
carefully handled, placed in barrels or boxes, 
and covered with sand or dry soil. 
Water-cress is constantly gi'owing more in 
favor as a winter relish. Cuttings may bo 
made at any time this month, and planted 
about four inches apart on a greenhouse 
bench. The terminal shoots three to four 
inches in length arc best for this purpose 
They require rich soil, full sunlight, and 
plenty of fresh air on all mild days, 
they are liable to “damp olT.” ' 
four crops may bo taken off during 
winter months. 
POTATOES FOB SEB^ opinion 
There exists ® the portion of 
among Potat^o ^o ^ g^gtom with many 
Potato to plant. geed-ond, and the 
to entofiand^ 
results of tria s, ofte 
• to the pnhlie as proving 
quite often given .yyjjgn these experi- 
one theory or anothei. ^ it 
ments, the terms of the prob- 
hecomes e^ndent tha ..enresentation in 
do not admit of exact i®P‘®®®’ t in 
figures, but should rather be expies 
^^S:rr:"^erminewheGmr^o 
PcMo ' m’. Potow. «.ea. m.«« SIM 
and 30 Potatoes furnished the eyes leq 
site for planting 1-20 of an acre in drills 
310 feet apart, each seed being placed at 
one foot distance in the cli-ill. At harvest 
time, each Potato was gathered in three 
portions to be designated as the stem 
thii'd, the central thii-d and the seed-end 
third. 
The total number of eyes pianted was 
582, and of these 16 from the stem-end, 5 
from the center, and 4 from the seed-end 
failed to grow. 
The total crop was 388.77 pounds of good 
Potatoes, 86.23 pounds of small Potatoes, 
and 192.62 pounds which were rotten. By 
multiplying by 20 the yield per acre will be 
obtained. In order to get figures which can 
be readily compared, the yield was calculated 
per 100 eyes, or 100 hills, and this may be 
represented by the following tables: 
the position they occupy upg^ „ 
toward the terminal position. ® 
Diming the season of growth th 
fi'om the central eyes showed slighti 
vigor of gi’owth than did those nk i “fe 
the ends of the Potato. This fact w*** 
over, so little marked, that it could 
obseiTod by taldng a comprehensive'*”)^'^ 
over the plat, which showed a slight ^ ”'’'® 
tion from the, in general, greater sizD®'*- 
central plants of the Potato. 
Perhaps the influence ef the pogi*. 
the eye upon the Potato is best illugt”" 
by the total yield from the 100 hills 'v 
as we have seen, is 104 pounds for theb 
131 pounds for the centers, and I42 « 
for the seed-end eyes. Allowing 60 
to the bushel, and expressing our results”- 
bushels, allowing each hill to have groV° 
wo have, for the total yield, 206 busbis f”’ 
the butt eyes, 259 bushels for the cent”' 
eyes, and 282 bushels per acre for the seed 
end eyes; or, for the yields of good Potatoe) 
from the several kinds of eye, 123 bushels 
114 bushels, and 146 bushels of merchant' 
able crop.' 
■While one experiment hardly affords sat 
ficient data for generalization, says the Doc¬ 
tor, yet an experiment as carefully conducted 
as this one, and with the method of plant- 
ing, .should possess some value as indicating 
the influence of position upon the seed eyes 
used. Yet ive must remember, however, 
that if we had used more or less of the eyes 
in our trial the result would not have figured, 
in all probability, relatively the same. IVe 
however, truthfully express the fact 
NO. OP POTATOF,S PEE 100 HILLS, FROM 
Good. 
Smalt. 
RoHcn. 
Total. 
Butt eyes. 
...195 
. 290 . 
. 122 
007 
Center eyes.... 
.. 234 
. 209 . 
. 17C . 
. 079 
Seed-end oyes.. 
,.. 229 . 
. 250 . 
. 147 . 
. 032 
YIELD IN POUNDS, PER 100 EYES PLANTED. 
FROM 
Oood. 
Lbs. 
Butt eye-s.G2.18 
Center eyes...72.88 
Seed-end cycB.73.73 
Small. 
Lbs. 
, 15.48 
15.23 
15.72 
Jlollen. 
Lbs. 
. 20.81 
43.05 
. 33.41 
Total. 
Lbs 
101.47 
131.10 
142.8(5 
The four eyes from the extreme soed-end 
of these same Potatoes, calculated in like 
manner, yielded, per 100 eyes, 213 good, 
272 small, 150 rotten--total, 635 Potatoes; 
and the weights were 32.55 pounds of good, 
20.33 pounds of small, and 40.32 pounds 
of rotten — total 143.20 pounds. 
Tho lesson taught from theso tahlos is l.liat 
there is certainly no inferiority of tlio soed- 
en.l when used for seed. On tlio contrary 
tho figiiros notonly ahsolntoly, hntrolativoly, 
show a distinct advantage for tho soed-om'l 
eyes in weight and crop, while tho liguros do 
not show tho same advantage in tlio nuinhor 
of good PotatooH. That this relation is not 
an accidental one is inado clear hy tho cnl- 
cnlation of tho yield of tho fonr' oxtronie 
eyes from tho seed-end which give ligaros 
yet more favoralile " 
else 
I'liroo or 
tho 
Indeed, tlin general snininary of blH 
perionco wil.h the Pol.ato as heretofore 
resented, as well as the result of tho iiresonl 
oxpenmont, goes to show that tho 
of oyos used as seed ' 
vitality 
improves aocordiuB- 
can, 
that in this experiment we have gained in¬ 
crease of crop from the eyes taken from the 
seed-end portion of the Potato, and we may 
ho justified in coming to the general concla- 
sion that until further- evidence is obtained 
the seed-ends, hitherto rejected hy many, 
may he considered of equal value with that 
portion of the Potato usually selected for 
planting. 
The summary for the Potato experiments 
made this year at tho Station furnished 
scarcely any positive conclusions. There 
are, however, a number of inferences wWc 
can he drawn with quite an assurance of eer 
tainty, and which tho Directors sum up i>s 
follows: . , 
Single eyes used as seed jdelded satis ae 
tory crop) per hill, and more iinifonn croppf 
hill than whole Potatoes or ordinary cuts. 
Single eyes yielded a smaller 
of small Potatoes than did ordinary cu s 
whole Potatoes used as seed. ^ 
Ordinary outs, upon tho 
more favorable results than ivholo «J 
nuirkodly so when tlio seed nsC' 
t.racted from tho crop gained. 
Single oyos out. dooidy, so os o 
some substaueo, gave far supici'Oi i 
oyos cut shallow. i,y 
'I’ho small Hood-oud oyes gnvo rc. 
no moans inforior, but vathov jjj.cnd 
those gained from eontval and 
hirgor oyos. f.ivovid'')' 
I'larly planting showod tar nioi 
ill crop than labor plautiug, I'O'’ 
(lualit.y, hilt ill total yiold. i the yo’'*' 
Too close plautiug f''’"''”®'*,®* .. yield I'f 
,1 11.11(1 iiio.i’oasod I'" • 
ill- 
of good Potatoes, and ineroasod 
small PotatooH, by moasiive. 
.h’ortilizor loft ovov from lof''^ ,,pon 
oiitioji oxorcisod a luavkod m 
