. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Vegetable-Gardening 1415 preferred. If very early potatoes are desired the early kinds may be grown in a cold-frame, yielding a crop in May or June. Good culture should be given potatoes, and spraying seems to be necessary in order to obtain the best results. On the late potatoes the vines should be allowed to die; their dying denotes that the cork
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Vegetable-Gardening 1415 preferred. If very early potatoes are desired the early kinds may be grown in a cold-frame, yielding a crop in May or June. Good culture should be given potatoes, and spraying seems to be necessary in order to obtain the best results. On the late potatoes the vines should be allowed to die; their dying denotes that the cork layer is being formed on the exterior of the potatoes. Later the potatoes are dug and can be stored in the cellar. They might be stored in the field or in other places if freezing could be pre- vented. The early potatoes are generally dug before they have formed much of their cork layer. They must, therefore, be used very soon after they are Fig. 38.—A drill machine Pumpkins The pumpkin has been found to grow in almost every soil; but a good loamy soil, which has had a sufficient coating of manure mixed with it and a generous forkful of manure placed under each hill, will surely pro- duce good pumpkins. Pumpkins, however, can be very easily grown in the field or with sweet corn. Plant four or five seeds in a hill, 8 feet from the next hill in the row and 8 to 12 feet from the hill in the next row. Later, thin to two or three plants to each hill. Squash bugs may cause trouble. In this case place shingles on the ground near the plants; early in the morning the bugs will be under the shingles and can be destroyed. Allow only one pumpkin to a vine, for production of the largest size. A pailful of water now and then near the hill will be helpful, especially if the weather is not rainy. Good varieties of pumpkins are Sweet Sugar and Quaker Pie. Radishes A quick, rich soil, such as a sandy loam full of rotten manure, is required by radishes. If they grow slowly they will have
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