Archive image from page 33 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 cyclopediaofam02bail Year: 1900 pollination. Non - polli- nated fruits will grow for a time, but always remain small (Fig. 750). (Cf. Bailev, Forcing- Book.) Soil. - Eggplant will grow on almost anv soil in the South, but it .h- velops to greate
Archive image from page 33 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 cyclopediaofam02bail Year: 1900 pollination. Non - polli- nated fruits will grow for a time, but always remain small (Fig. 750). (Cf. Bailev, Forcing- Book.) Soil. - Eggplant will grow on almost anv soil in the South, but it .h- velops to greater | 750. Non-pollinated fruit. fection on a .1. , ]â loamy soil fi-ro ffum .l\r\ ami yet contain enough sand to make Ei.'i.'|il:iiii ltchi iii;; protitable. No matter whether clay land. h>:Mn ..i- . land be employed for raising this crop, ii will In m r, n- sary to ]ilow deeply and thoroughly. Tlii> I ukI v|i,,iiM drierthan that required by cabbage or b. . i~. In i, it will stand a greater drought than the ciidiiiMV \. ir. tables. On the other hand, we should umi mi, iii|,( to grow a crop on land that is composed of u-. |i:iii ii sueli lands as are ordinarily called thirsiy in ilir v. -i- table-growing sections of Florida. /â '.â /â /( is considerable diftercnre in vari- ous sections of tlie conntrv as to whetlier manure niav be applied or not. In tlie Atlantic and (lulf states it is not advisable to use stable manure. If this form of fertilizer is at hand, the gardener should make it up in the form of compost, when it will be found to be a very useful material. There have been no experiments per- formed to indicate which forms of chemical fertilizers are the best. In the absence of such work, we can only give general dini-tiims in regard to what may be used. The foUowin;; will be found fairly well bal- anced for E'u'pbinl in tlir South. If the soil contains a great deal of hiiinns. bss nitrogen may be us
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