. Dreer's garden calendar for 1892 : a catalogue of choice vegetable, field and flower seeds new, rare and beautiful plants garden implements and fertilizers. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 29. THE FOUR PRIZE WINNERS. Premiums Awarded to Competitors for the best Peck of Dreer's Standard Potato, July, 1891. POTATOES. Kartoffel, Gr. Pommt de Terre, Fr. Poiata d Papas, Sp. The soil best suited to the Potato is a rich, sandy loam, but it seems to thrive in almost any soil or climate. The potato b
. Dreer's garden calendar for 1892 : a catalogue of choice vegetable, field and flower seeds new, rare and beautiful plants garden implements and fertilizers. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 29. THE FOUR PRIZE WINNERS. Premiums Awarded to Competitors for the best Peck of Dreer's Standard Potato, July, 1891. POTATOES. Kartoffel, Gr. Pommt de Terre, Fr. Poiata d Papas, Sp. The soil best suited to the Potato is a rich, sandy loam, but it seems to thrive in almost any soil or climate. The potato being a gross feeder, requires a liberal application of manure ; if stable manure is to be used, it should be well rotted, and not -allowed to come in contact with the tubers. On no other crop are the results from the use of phosphates so manifest as on the potato; almost invariably the tubers are smoother, brighter, and freer from rust and the destructive influence of wire worms. The best fertilizers are plaster, lime, super-phosphate of lime, and bone-dust, for heavy and wet soils especially, as they promote growth and at the same time prevent disease. Plant as early in the spring as the ground can be thoroughly worked, in rows 3 feet apart and 1 foot in the rows; covering in light, warm soil about 4 inches, and in cold, wet ground 3 inches deep; draw the earth to the plants as they advance in growth. If an early crop is desired, sprout the tubers, or cut potatoes, in a light, warm room, from four to six weeks before planting, then lift carefully and plant out; by this process shoots are obtained that, as soon as planted out in the open ground, will send out roots, and grow more rapidly than if treated in the ordinary way. The soil should be constantly stirred through the season to prevent the surface from baking. Many seem to consider it harmful, after the potatoes have set, to disturb the soil in any way; this is contradicted by the experience of the best growers, who run th
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