. 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. SWEET POTAPO Propagutiou i-^ rlTrrUMl alb.^ci lur liy niran-; nf slioots, mostly tho^o I'imui tin- roi>i. Wliih- nlMuiii'- arr often found on the vino^ â iiartionhtriy in tlif oxi itiiu'8inuhâ tliey arc nearly always iniprrtevr ami iuvarial>ly drop from the pediool. No ovarios e\or deveh.']!. Tlu'-rcforo
. 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. SWEET POTAPO Propagutiou i-^ rlTrrUMl alb.^ci lur liy niran-; nf slioots, mostly tho^o I'imui tin- roi>i. Wliih- nlMuiii'- arr often found on the vino^ â iiartionhtriy in tlif oxi itiiu'8inuhâ tliey arc nearly always iniprrtevr ami iuvarial>ly drop from the pediool. No ovarios e\or deveh.']!. Tlu'-rcforo the remarkable series of rapid transfornnirions ..hscrv- alile in the Sweet I'otato nin>-i lie credited eniirriy to nn aetive and persistent tendeuv'y in the plant to loul varia- tionâin etfeetinij; which it must he admitted to hv'm the tubers, sri hv band in the tield in vows four teet apart âthe jdanis eighteen inches, ^-enorally. in the row. Tije size of the bedded tubers dors not alfeet the cn-p. As â j:ood results are olitaincd from small as from larire potatoes. Even the snudlest tulicrs or "strini;-'duci- as heavily as the choicest selections. This is Inir lo-ii'al if we reniemhrr that the Sweet Potato is merely an enlar-ed. inaxial, rh-shy root, and h^'avy lulx-rs. wlieu â ^prouied. shonhl h:i\"e little direct tendi.'ncy t'.' produ'/e a crofi of eorre- spondiuia: ^ize. partic\ilarl_\" \vhen tlie s^ib^eijuent culti- vation is indifferent. For later plautinu:s the "bed" may be snpph'inentcd by cuttin,i;r "slips â â 12 or 14 inches lumj: from Tlieyoiin-- vines after irrowth e,.nimences in the r>iw. and usinL;- them as "draw-^." While tlie "'sli]is " do not live ers âdue. donhrh-ss. lo the faL't that by this methTid the mycelium of the black rot is not eonveved from the bed to the field. Soil <nnJ rrr/ill::iti splits, cracks and " ron^di- eus.''by reason r>f tlie s!i~,i-M'nsirm and sudden resump- ti
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