The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-07-14
Farm, Garden, and Household,
For the journal.
HOW SHALL WE FARM q?


r,la belongs to the well defined natural order of
nnts. known among hotaui~ts a >otoa0rC0.
\mong the we'll known plants that belong 10 This
natural order, arc hcnbanc, night shade. tobacco
.nl other plants. The potato, like all other cult-
,,trl plants. is found wild in some parts of the
Yyord vet ii was not till after the discovery Of the
western hemisphere that this valuable cSculent be-
came known. The class Of plants TO which the po-
ItD belongs is poisonous. and ii partakes OF the
.lne nature, but the poisonous parts are confined
o., the stems and leaves, and those parts exposed to
tte sun the tubers below the surface are not Affect
.l with poisonous properties. TIL after exposure
i4I a long time. when growing. to the sun, they
tAen turn green.h color. The fruit. or potato
balls. partake of this poisonous quality The po-
4to i found in its wild state in the greatest abund-
.nr. in tho State Of BuenoS Ayres. Chile, Peru.
f.iador in the mountainous regions of South
America 1t l. also found i'll Central America.
i.Niro. and the southern portion of the United
-fite- In lis wild state ii grows Il small, inedbe
1lhtr. resembling somewhat the ground-nu of the
Noythem States.
The first authentic account we have of attempts
Ill it, cultivation dates back to the Time OF Sil
" alter Raleigh. who founded Il colony IN the
Carolinl> Having procured seed from them he
had then planted in his garden iii Ireland, i'll l'S6.
His gardener ylshcd great deal OF care aiid cur
tur. on these rare plants, from the New World.
.nd in the autumn gathered the fruit that he iouhd
perfected upon the tops. and carried them 10 An
Walter, who after trying them, threw them away
ti~gu>tcd with their unpleasant taste ana I'M
promising appearance, and ordered the gardener
10 dig up the vines. ON executing tins olier he
t4iud larV. nice looking tuborS AT the roofs, which
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