. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 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.
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 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.,ivon first prize for the largest amount of Potatoes grown from one pound of seed in a single sea- son. By dividing the eyes and planting them in the greenhouse in the winter, and after a little time re-di- viding them, and this continued until many plants were secured, he was enabled to raise 2,558 lbs. of Potatoes in the open from one pound of seed, being an increase of more than2,500 fold. A. , of Penn Yan, N. Y., and C. P. Thompson, of Lee, N. H., secured, by simi- lar methods, 2,349 lbs. and 2,118 lbs. respectively. The low average yield is due, in part, to the ravages of the many enemies of the Potato plant, which, uncontrolled, sometimes destroy the crop, and usually seriously dimin- ish the yield. In the United States the Potato is not so universally used as in Europe, though its use as a food is steadily increasing. The average annual production in the U. S. from 1881 to 1890 was ,053 bus., while the yield in 1899 was 228, 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 crop of Europe aggregates more than the entire wheat crop of the world. The average production of the European coun- tries from 1881 to 1890 was: Prance, 396,746,138 bus.; Austria, 306,984,697 ; Germanv, 8
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