. 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. Gardening. â ^CLl-OW YArt 2446. Leaves of Sweet Potato, Adapted from Bulletin of the Georgia Experiment Station. is able to distinguish one from another. After the conditions favoring the spread of one of them have been permitted to develop and the resulting decay once ap- pears, it is usually too late to put reme- dial m
. 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. Gardening. â ^CLl-OW YArt 2446. Leaves of Sweet Potato, Adapted from Bulletin of the Georgia Experiment Station. is able to distinguish one from another. After the conditions favoring the spread of one of them have been permitted to develop and the resulting decay once ap- pears, it is usually too late to put reme- dial measures mto effect. Remedy, in this case, must piecede manifestation of dis- ease. Every possible precaution should be observed at one and the same time against them all. Proper preventive effort during harvesting will be found a surer guarantee against loss from decay than the most elaborate structure or the most carefully detailed method of housing j'et devised, and when thoroughly enforced little apprehension need be felt as to re- sults, no matter what plan of preserva- tion is adopted. To this end the following summary of procedure will be found serviceable: a. Rotate the crop. Never plant twice in succession on the same land. h. Rotate the bed. Never use old soil or old manure a second season. c. Dig only when the soil is dry. d. Dig before tubers are rendered moist and sappy by a "second growth," and to this end never plant too early in spring. e. Use padded baskets in handling to prevent bruising and abrasion. f. Handle with scrupulous care. g. Reject all affected tubers before stor- ing. h. Store dry, in small bulk; if in bins ei*ect bulkheads and use flues for ventila- tion, i. Use only perfect tubers for bedding, rejecting any showing symptoms of decay. :). Use only healthy and unaffected draws for setting out. k. When draws in bed are affected with diseased roots {black rot) and cannot be thrown away, plant in a separate plat and take cuttings from their
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