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The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato.

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The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato.

D. A. Compton and Pierre Blot

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A hundred-dollar prize went to the best essay on growing potatoes, and this is it. Compton lays out the soil the crop needs, its preparation, and the whole of potato culture, with a bonus section from a chef on how to cook the results. A focused, competition-winning manual for the humble tuber. Grow more, and eat better.

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53 chapters

  1. 1THE $100. PRIZE ESSAY ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE POTATO.
  2. 2Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton.
  3. 3HOW TO COOK THE POTATO,
  4. 4Furnished by Prof. BLOT.
  5. 5ILLUSTRATED. PRICE, 25 CENTS.
  6. 6CONTENTS
  7. 7PRIZE ESSAY
  8. 8ON THE
  9. 9POTATO AND ITS CULTIVATION. $100.
  10. 10POTATO CULTURE.
  11. 11SOIL REQUIRED—ITS PREPARATION.
  12. 12GENERAL REMARKS ON MANURING WITH GREEN CROPS.
  13. 13VARIETIES.
  14. 14INFLUENCE OF SOIL ON SEEDLINGS.
  15. 15HOW TO CROSS VARIETIES.
  16. 16SMOOTH VS. ROUGH POTATOES.
  17. 17CUT AND UNCUT SEED.
  18. 18PLANTING AND MANURING.

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