. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. 240 All ASour country ltf^.. Potashes. Potato Estimates. thrive luxuriantly on land not rich therein. POTASHES. The ?wood and leaves of trees, on being burned, leave a white ash, which, washed in water, and the water evapo- rated are calcined to furnish the com- mercial potashes thus composed of carbonate of potash, that are prepared in large quantities in America
. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. 240 All ASour country ltf^.. Potashes. Potato Estimates. thrive luxuriantly on land not rich therein. POTASHES. The ?wood and leaves of trees, on being burned, leave a white ash, which, washed in water, and the water evapo- rated are calcined to furnish the com- mercial potashes thus composed of carbonate of potash, that are prepared in large quantities in America and Russia. The varieties of this nutritious escu- lent are less numerous than they were in the period anterior to the potato- disease, which destroyed, and has wholly extirpated, many of the old and best sorts of late potatoes. Of eaily kinds for garden cultivation, the old Ash-leaved variety still holds its own. The different sorts of other kidneys are very numerous, all claiming the capa- bility of yielding the earliest crops. These are mostly improvements on pre- existing sorts. T);ere has been quite a mania in the United States recently, over two or three new species emanating from American horticulturists. Of these Bresee's Peerless is stated to be very productive, and of better quality than any other. The Early Goodrich is like- wise praised as the first early round, and a very heavy cropper. But of all new American varieties the Early Rose will certainly yield the most bountiful returns, being quite a monstrous crop- per. The produce is not ripe so early as some sorts, and the potato has, in some instances, been condemned on the ground of quality, while, in others, it has been praised as good; the truth being, that this kind needs a dry soil to ensure good quality. Late potatoes, grown on the farm as the main crop for winter storage, are confined to a few hardy sorts, such as Regents, Flukes, Scotch Rocks, Jersey Blues, &c. POTATO CULTTJUE. Very early potat
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