Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-04-30

and thentoolS peas bishops dwarfs,) and
inserted four or five (according 10 the size
Of the potato, deep 10 the fleshy part of the
set, taking care to avoid The eyes. then.
planted them in my garden at Hunslet in
tho usual way. Mr.. Bower, and several
other gentlemen at Hunslel, will well rec
ollcet watching with great interest the
growth aud development Of tho compound
crop. Tho result was perfect success. !
had very extraordinary yield Of peas
When tho potatoes wero taken up, they
were large yield, with avcry few small
ones, and every potato was healthy and free
from every trace Of disease. Those pota-
toes werc laid on wooden floor in room
in my dye-house where they remained all
Winter until tho following Spring; they
were then examined, and found to be all
sound and healthy, and woro employed
as sets again in the same way, and with the
same result"
Mr.. Robinson also read another letter'up-
on the same subject from Wellsboro, Tioga
Co., Pa, which lays down the following;
~. The kinds Of potatoes in most gen
eral cultivation haye rotted first and worst.
2. There is no variety but will rot, if cult
yated in the same locality several years in
succession. 3. Potatoes started from the
seed balls and not grown on the same land
moro than two successive seasons, aCW not
ROT, if the ground bo tolerably dry, and no
water allowed to stand in the hills. 4. Po-
tatoes grow moro mealy and of better
size by being started from tho seed as far
north as 450 or 46o, and worked gradually
southward-not being grown more than two
or three years at most in opc locality. A
small soggy red variety, started in North
ern Canada or Minnesota, and worked to
the south gradually, will, by tho time it
reaches Long Island or New Jersey, havc
become a mealy profile potato"
Tie ,SrGrJerry QueStion.-The Chair
fman called on Mr.. Pardoc, author of q use
ful strawberry manual, to give his views up
on Peabody's seeding. He said that Pea
body's had not generally succeeded at the
North the past season, but hoped il would
be better the present year. He spoke very
highly Of Wilson's Seeding which is stam-
mate, or male plant, and needs no other
kind for a fertilizer It is not very high
favored berry. lIooker's Seeding is very
fine favored, bus not SO productive as VIII
sons. Hooker's is nearly as excellent as
Bur's new vine, and much moro prolific
Longworth's prolific is an excellent variety.
| would set strawberry plants as early in
the Spring as possible, pulverizing the earth
very fine eighteen inches deep. ] would
put upon bed twenty feet square the fol
lowing ingredients: one bushel unleached
ashes, one peck of lime, and two quarts Of
salt, thoroughly worked in the soil; and
when | set the plants l would put plank
on so as not to tread down the soft earth,
and never let tho bed be tramped afterward.
| would mulch the ground with tan-bark,
or leaves and salt hay, and never dig be-
tween the rows. / believe Strawberries can
be grown ut a cost of fifty cents a bushel.
The great error in strawberry culture is to
lallow vines to grow too close together
They never should be permitted to grow
nearer than one foot apart, and never be
manured highly, nor dug during tho bear
ing season so as to iniurc tho small roots Of
the plants. Tho roots must be kept moist.