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RECOLLECTIONS.

How He Planted My Fotat<fe»;.&i piece of ground woeld be ftboaftlSSte&l yards in area, of rather leea tlum |kj and was sheltered and warm, $hss been long under cultivation, fkstl® digging ifhad got was when ite «istj frosts had departed, some time btt k March... Johann .wae furnlehei wltet'i ordinary Croatian hoe, fitted ca § ha& otabout 2 feet 6 inches long, and vrithii) heart-shaped blade, and bending low wh ' acooplqgout the ehallow baalas #j|fi| to receive the sets at tho etrstch of bljhy ; legs apart—that is, about 3 feefc olacbS I could see that the quantiiy of "u*i* required would be much leas>than hh ' English mode of planting: but I diiig expostulate much with him $bas| I although I Imagined that my eftspwssl be alight one. The sets weradulyptet and the ground made lovel with llWs* said hoe. Under the hot sun of Soutka Moravia the shoots aoon came ates ground, and here another mc; for when their earthlag;-ttp tea necessary, my Groat, instead of ing up the earth Iα lecg ri£;s in Eftscllsh fashion, made a m rounded hillock around caeu efes or bunch of stems, andastiieiu&srap?. and the hillock distended unikir $4 sure of growth below, more cell n\ -, drawn to ie j but aC the &nlehuehsetM t its own hillock of mould, ih&'.pemlmb el its neighbours. This form of >mthlaß-B$ t allowed tho haulm, which mi strsag, t<! lay on the ground, betwesn fiw fcfife, , sta« not on, them, co that had dbuia attacsei the Potatoes, the snores oii thctFswssj pora would hata mainly falies m %ws& which contained Esr-wts?, the sun's rays shone on ©vwj'jmrt esjtU , haulm—a matter of great ircportfißWit plant growth, more capeciiUhr i( : to ; growth be of short durafeion. XiieeMpe s Potatoes was enormous, aad mmmm \ from three-quartora fco 1 pe#.. ?.& sites'* : which, at that rate, was 150 pssks SW fca ' five rods of ground planted, I U\i taU the foreigner, with his fabens cobwi sense, had taught mc a useful testoa: eu it was only one amosig maoy (.he! bmii to be mastered,—" « # Englishman Abroad.

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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7769, 24 January 1891, Page 2

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RECOLLECTIONS. Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7769, 24 January 1891, Page 2

RECOLLECTIONS. Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7769, 24 January 1891, Page 2

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