Archive image from page 326 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam04bail Year: 1900 SWEET POTATO to be the standard of excellence, and is a good keeper though yielding very lightly. The market it is intended to supply should, therefore, be specially planted for. If for northern shipment, the Jer
Archive image from page 326 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam04bail Year: 1900 SWEET POTATO to be the standard of excellence, and is a good keeper though yielding very lightly. The market it is intended to supply should, therefore, be specially planted for. If for northern shipment, the Jersey Sweet is preferable. For early local sale Orleans Red ('Nigger-killer'), Early Golden or Bermuda Red, head the list. For winter storage and local market in spring it is best to rely on the good old popular standard â the Georgia Yara-despite its light yield, or rein- force it with Vineless, which closely approaches it in quality and is a much heavier cropper. Hugh N. Starnes. SWEET SCABIOUS, See Scahiosn. SWEET-SCENTED SHKUB. See SWEET-SOP. A,w,ia squamosa. SWEET SULTAN. See Centaurea moschafa. SWEET VEENAL GRASS. See Anthoxanlhnm. SWEET WILLIAM i nthus barbatus. SWERTIA (after Emanuel Swert, a bulb cultivator of Holland and author of Florilegmm. VSVl). Gentiand- cew. About 40 species, widely scattered about the world but mainly from S. Asia of annual or perenn al herb with simple leaves, mainly radical m tl e i erennnl spe cies and yellow, blue or white flowers m loose or rather dense corymbs. Calyx 4-5-parted: corolla rotate witl a very short at the tube and glandu 4-5, overlapping to tl e r 'ht dehiscing by 2 valves at tl e s diltlta, Benth. & Hook ( | tender perennial about 1 t I gled, branching from n ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerve 1 the base, short-petioled 1 fastigiate umbel; coroll I apex and bearing at the 1 ous pit destitute of a fr perSnnis, Linn. A barly lower Ivs. oblong-ellipt al ovate - oblong, obtuse fl i white, in a thyrse; coroll lo) bearing at
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