Picking off Potatoe Blossoms.
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The Farmers Magazine. British pu6li-
cation contains the following: Having
long entertained an idea that the formation


of apples upon potatoes was detrimental to
the crop, by drawing away large and val.


uable part Of the nourishment from the
roots, l this year made an experiment which
think goes great way to solve the ques-
tion. Having planted some of different
kinds, had the flowers carefully picked
from several Of the drills as soon as they ap-
peared, leaving between every drill so pick
ed, drill with the flowers untouched. In
some cases ! allowed the flowers to expand
and even to make some progress towards
setting, in others, suffered the apples to
.orm. end pulled them off when they were
h>,fGrorn In the drills whers the fiowers