Archive image from page 115 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 1140 .acid Potash. ol â; .>i|.-â ulfate of potash. ,, T' .ii;ii i-iulesulfateof potash. L 360 to 7UU lbs. muriate of potash. If euano is used, reduce the potash 33 per cent and phosplioric acid 50 per cent, since g
Archive image from page 115 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 1140 .acid Potash. ol â; .>i|.-â ulfate of potash. ,, T' .ii;ii i-iulesulfateof potash. L 360 to 7UU lbs. muriate of potash. If euano is used, reduce the potash 33 per cent and phosplioric acid 50 per cent, since guano contains large centages of these elements. ScetZtnjr. âSeed-sowing in the field occurs in upper districts the early as the first of April or a little earlier, in the central district about the last of Febru- ary, while in the Gulf region it may occur late in fall or any time during the winter, being gauged largely by the time required for the variety to mature, and the market to be met. It is a good rule to put on an abundance of seed, about twice as much as recommended in gen- eral, especially in the Gulf region. Many fields suffer from deficient stand more than from any other cause, and in some years it is the only cause for an unprofi- table crop. Sets. â (y'>'i\ frn|,s; mav he grown from sets, but the labor \..l :mm1 ..f the 'seed' is usually so great as i' ; i' ' â n mtu planting them. In using sets thev -1 1 .1 Lted into three or four grades, the lariri ' i ; n;.' earliest and the smallest last. In iriii-i ' '-' - 'i> -riiallest sets grow such inferior Onions that tin \ «.miM Litter be discarded. This takes for thn ih,- . i were all grown at the same time and th. > M-i-d in one field. Growing SrU. â SeiirW all the sets used in the South are shipped in, while tliey may be grown as well here as anywhere. In the Gulf region there is time enough to grow a crop of sets after the northern crop has been harvested and markete
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