Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-03-07
FIELD AND GARDEN
Edited bv M. b. BATEHAM.
PLANTING ONION SETS

Now. as soon as the ground is in Or
der is the time to plant onion sets for
an early crop. Small round bulbs OF
the common sort are considered the best
for this purpose, but the true potato on
ion or "multiplier" is as good. There
is a small spurious variety which is of
no account---The top-onion sets make
gold onions for summer. but are not SO
early. The black seed is best of all for
the late crop, for those VINO have good
soil and know how to sow and cultivate
properly. Those who fail to plant sets,
can make slight hot bed and sow black
seed in it, then transplant to the open
ground in May. The large Italian vari-
cites do finely this way.
STARTING EARLY POTATOES.
Early Rose potatoes that have been
kept in ceol cellar and are intended
for early planting, should now De
brought I'D into the kitchen or other
warm room, SO as to cause them to be-
gin to sprout; thus promoting early
growth when put into the ground
Where there is hot bed or warm pile
of stable manure the potatoes can be put
into this for few days with advantage,
taking care that the heat is not too great.
and do not leave them so long as to have
the sprouts Liable to be broken off in
planting.
EXPERIMENTS WITH LATE ROSE POTATOES.
A couple of weeks ago we gave the re-
suits of some experiments with Camp
BELLS Late Rose potato, in this and one
or two other counties, and promised a
more particular account of those around
Painesville. In this vicinity the drouth
was more severe than elsewhere, and
the bugs seemingly more abundant
preventing the plants from starting until
very late, and then robbing them OF
their needed foliage-and on low lands
an excess of wet in the latter part of the
season destroyed the crops; so that there
was not an instance where the expert
ment was fair illustration of'what the
variety would do under favorable cir
cumstances.
Mr.. r. Marshall, on the North Ridge
had quite fair crop of the Late Rose
considering the season and the bugs
better yield than of the peach blow; will
plant them largely the coming season
HIS neighbor, Mr.. Breed, planted
bushel of seed, mostly on low ground
and the crop was drowned out in July
avnantinO n a
part. a few rods of dry ground yielde'
very well.
West of town, Judge l.. Sterling
planted about two acres of late rose
very backward in starting, and man
plapts failed to start at all, owing to th
drouth; then hard contest with bug
but secured q good halt-cropi bette
than of peach blow. Mr.. Byron Clark
on Jonny-cake Ridge, planted oyer a
acre. and had still better success, pa
yielding at the rate of 200 bushels pr
aere--twice az many as the peach blow
and the quality for table very goo(
will plant late rose freely the comm
season, and furnish seed to neighbor
thinks they will survive the rayages
bugs better than any other kind, own
to the vigorous growth of the vines.
North of town, Messrs. Hine, Mathe
Brown and McCue planted some of Il
Late Rose on their low bottom land
and after late start of the plants Il
bugs came very thick off the lake az
ate off the first leaves, then the hea'
rains flooded the ground, and with co
tinued ravages of bugs pretty near
destroyed the crops. of potatoes of
kinds.
Mr.. NJ. T. Gage ON the south side
town planted late rose on rather "
soil; lost some by wet and more by bug
but harvested fair crop for the seaso
and expects better luck next time.
the sane neighborhood, but on dry
soil, Mr. Hickson planted half a bush
of seed and had quite nice crop;
well pleased with yield and quality,