. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. 426 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS In the cotton-growing states the sweet-potato may be re- garded as a field crop, while north of this region it is treated as a garden crop. Conversely, the Irish potato is a field crop in the North and a garden crop in the South. There is corresponding contusion in the use of the word " potato.'' This term, when used without modifiers, usually. Fig. 188. — A Field of Sweet-potatoes in Alabama. means, in the Southern States, sweet-potatoes; while elsewhere it signifies the Irish, round, or white pota
. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. 426 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS In the cotton-growing states the sweet-potato may be re- garded as a field crop, while north of this region it is treated as a garden crop. Conversely, the Irish potato is a field crop in the North and a garden crop in the South. There is corresponding contusion in the use of the word " potato.'' This term, when used without modifiers, usually. Fig. 188. — A Field of Sweet-potatoes in Alabama. means, in the Southern States, sweet-potatoes; while elsewhere it signifies the Irish, round, or white potato. The season that makes the maximum yield and best quality of sweet-potatoes is one in which frequent rains occur during the late spring and the greater part of the summer, but in which there is comparatively dry weather in September and October. Heavy rains near the time of harvest, especially if they follow a long period of drought, are apt to induce a new growth, which results in harm to the quality and keeping properties of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868-. New York, The Macmillan company
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