. Wm. Eber & Son's catalog of high class garden, field, flower and lawn seeds : bulbs, fertilizers, garden implements, etc. Nursery stock Illinois Quincy Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. WM. EBER dc SON'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 15 POTATO "Kartoff el Pomme de Terre. Patata. Culture—In order to have the best success in growing Potatoes, and to secure healthy vigorous growth, and a crop free from rot, it is necessary to plant as early as the ground can be made ready. Select a rich soil, and plant in rows th
. Wm. Eber & Son's catalog of high class garden, field, flower and lawn seeds : bulbs, fertilizers, garden implements, etc. Nursery stock Illinois Quincy Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. WM. EBER dc SON'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 15 POTATO "Kartoff el Pomme de Terre. Patata. Culture—In order to have the best success in growing Potatoes, and to secure healthy vigorous growth, and a crop free from rot, it is necessary to plant as early as the ground can be made ready. Select a rich soil, and plant in rows three feet apart, and the sets one foot in the rows. To kill the young weeds, run a light, steel-tooth har- row over the field lengthwise of the rows. This will allow the crop to get the start of the weeds, besides breaking up all lumps and leveling the ground ready for the cultivator. If wood ashes and plaster can be procured, sow a good diessing over the field after the potatoes are up. If a very early crop is de- sired, it will be necessary to sprout the potatoes before planting. Cut the Potatoes into pieces of any size desirable, and place in a warm, light room from four to six weeks before required for planting in the open ground. During this time shoots will start out strong and vigorous, so that, as soon as planted, they will send out roots and grow much more rapidly than those treated in the ordinary way. Another method is to place the sets in a hot-bed two weeks before they are wanted, and then lift carefully and set out on fresh horse-dung, so that the heat will cause them to start at once. If the Colorado potato-beetle makes its appearance, the vines must be dusted with Paris green mixed with about eighty parts of plaster; or, what is better, mix the Paris Green in water, one small tablespoonful to a pail, and apply with a small broom, brush or sprinkler. Take care to stir the mixture often, or else the Paris Green will settle to the bottom. Two or three applications
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