PLANTING TIMEIn a changing world, where fashions, even in baby clothes, rise and fall, it is a relief to find that some things remain. So when I sat on a wheelbarrow last Saturday afternoon and cut seed potatoes, it steadied my soul to find that seed potatoes are still cut toward the stem, and are planted eyes up, three pieces in a hill!
And I was further reassured that all is well with the world when I found that the Early Rose potato is returning to public favor. For some time it seemed to have fallen under the blight of oblivion, pushed back by flashier favorites. I have asked for Early Rose potatoes in seed stores and been met by dubious looks from young salesmen, who asked me if I did not mean Netted Gems or Irish Cobblers or Wee McGregor. Some of them with a long reach of memory hav
