. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1420 POTATO Potatoes are useii for market, tlie sinalli^r ones for seed. Many people prefer this lo ilir m .d iMuchascii from Maine or Michigan. The s' ⢠,i is ru\ ii. ..tic eye, and about two barrels is necess^n) u^r in one acre. Some farmers apply l^â | their land is in goo
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1420 POTATO Potatoes are useii for market, tlie sinalli^r ones for seed. Many people prefer this lo ilir m .d iMuchascii from Maine or Michigan. The s' ⢠,i is ru\ ii. ..tic eye, and about two barrels is necess^n) u^r in one acre. Some farmers apply l^â | their land is in good ^ir i-; -i n ; some apply a part of the (.nil â > m| ti,,. drill, and the balance ;u lip n. n dirt is turned away frtHn ilir n^w . * m ⢠_ i r iiMtun^li application of Paris greL-u ui- , |. at the right time destroys the bug, iiltliougli most farmers have to go over their fields two or more times. In digging, most farmers use the common two-horse plow, running the plow under the row and lifting all the Potatoes out, still attached to the vine, as the vine is always green at time of digging, and the Pota- toes are firmly attached thereto. The hands then fol- low and lift up the vines with the Potatoes attached, put the Potatoes in barrels at 10 cents per barrel. Barrels are then headed up, by firmly nailing on a can- vas cover, and placed in farm wagons to be hauled to the city or to some near-by watercourse or railway, for shipment to the great markets in the U. S. east of the M'ss'ss'ppi and no-th of tl e Oh'o and all the At lant 0 seaboard na ket The cost of barrel is abo 0 cents ea I n I " tl e co Tl e fre ght 18. POTENTILLA ])robability is that the acreage devoted to Potatoes is to be lessened instead of increased. A. Jeffkus. Potatoes in the South. âIt is an easy matter to grow an early or spring crop of Irish Potatoes in the !?outh, provided the seed tubers can be had. As the crop matures early, it is almost i!ii]H&
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