. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. 4/8 THE CENTURY BOOK OF for covering the tubers is from 5in. to 6in. Early varieties may be planted in rows 2ft. apart and 1 2in. in the rows. Put tall robust growers in rows join, apart and I5in. in the rows. G e n c r a I Culture. — As soon as the young tops are well through the ground w o r k th e h o e freely amongst them, both destroy- ing weeds and loosening the soil. When it is at all set, a second and deeper hoeing will be useful. Earthing or moulding up is a common practice. It
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. 4/8 THE CENTURY BOOK OF for covering the tubers is from 5in. to 6in. Early varieties may be planted in rows 2ft. apart and 1 2in. in the rows. Put tall robust growers in rows join, apart and I5in. in the rows. G e n c r a I Culture. — As soon as the young tops are well through the ground w o r k th e h o e freely amongst them, both destroy- ing weeds and loosening the soil. When it is at all set, a second and deeper hoeing will be useful. Earthing or moulding up is a common practice. It helps to sustain the stems, and covers up the newly- forming tubers as they swell, thus keeping from them air and light. Exposure "greens" them, and when in this condition they are unfit for food. Moulding should be done well and before the tops become too tall, otherwise they will be broken. Moulding up is most satisfactory upon a very loose surface soil. As regards other matters, it is needful to keep the breadths free from weeds. Once, however, the tops cover the soil, weeds make little growth. The Disease.—Although the Potato disease (Perono- spora infestans), a minute sporadic fungus, is less virulent than was formerly the case, it inflicts at times severe injury upon late crops, especially in destroying the tops and checking tuber development. To hinder the opera- tion of the disease, apart from accomplishing all that has been so far advised—especially allowing plenty of air and light to reach the plants—it is advisable to dress the breadths once about the third week in July, and again three weeks later, with Bordeaux mixture. This is composed of equal parts of sulphate of copper (blue stone) and fresh lime, each separately dissolved in water in the proportion of 5II). of each. The blue stone should be dissolved in boiling water, and in a large wooden tub. Mix the two solutions in the wooden utensil, and add from twenty to thirty gallons of water. When r
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