Archive image from page 406 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 The yield per acre of Potatoes in the United States is meager, bus. being the average for 1899. Under favorable soil and climatic conditions, with rational methods of procedure, 200 to 400 bus. are not uncom
Archive image from page 406 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 The yield per acre of Potatoes in the United States is meager, bus. being the average for 1899. Under favorable soil and climatic conditions, with rational methods of procedure, 200 to 400 bus. are not uncom- mon, and under superior conditions more than 1,000 bus. per acre have been secured. H. C. Pierson, of Pit- cairn, N. Y.,won first prize for the largest amount of ingle I ng them in the little time re-di- luny plants were lbs. of Potatoes â¢ing an increase , ecured, by sirai- .spei-tively. The e ravages of the â b, niicontrolled, Potatoes grown from one poui son. By dividing the eyes and pla greenhouse in the winter, and after viding them, and this c uni i .secured, he was enabhcl iw lai-r _. in the open from one v'''' 'i - ' of more than2,500 fold. .\ I'. K' and C. F. Thompson, of , .N'. H. lar methods, 2,349 lbs. and :i, 118 lbs low average yield is due. in part, to many enemies of the Pntiitu plant, m sometimes destroy the â tmm n-i. mm :.>â -â ⢠dimin- ish the yield. In thi- III', i -â ' â li'' I'â ' >â â i- not so universally used as in I i-; a food is steadily increasing', l ii'luction in the U. S. from ISM i- 1- -i- â .' -''â¢,',.: bus., while the yield in 1899 was 22s,7s;:i-J bus., which sold for an average price of thirty-nine cents per bushel. New York stands first in Potato production, producing 28,707,976 bus. of the total yield. The crup of Europe aggregates more than the entii.' -aK :»i mi, ,,f ili,- world. The average production I tries from 18H1 to 1890 was: I'l ,:-i.; Austria, 306,984,697; G
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