. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . t inthe ground until thoroughly ripe. This can be determined by the follow-ing test: Cut a potato in two parts; if the cut part stays dry the potatois ripe for storing; if the cut part emits a milky substance in drops, thepotato is not ripe, and will not keep in storage. Sweet potatoes harvestedwhile the ground is dry will keep better than when the ground is wet. For market sweet potatoes may be shipped in bushel crates, barrels orsacks. For remedies for the sweet potato borers and other enemies of th
. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . t inthe ground until thoroughly ripe. This can be determined by the follow-ing test: Cut a potato in two parts; if the cut part stays dry the potatois ripe for storing; if the cut part emits a milky substance in drops, thepotato is not ripe, and will not keep in storage. Sweet potatoes harvestedwhile the ground is dry will keep better than when the ground is wet. For market sweet potatoes may be shipped in bushel crates, barrels orsacks. For remedies for the sweet potato borers and other enemies of the sweetpotatoes, read part 4 of this book. PUMPKINS. Pumpkins with the farmer and truck grower are more of a side cropand cannot be depended upon as a shipping crop to any extent, althoughwe believe the genuine old yellow pumpkins, the kind famous for pumpkin Radish Culture. 105 pies, could be grown in the South and shipped early in the fall to largecities, with flattering reesults. p]verybody eats pumpkin pie up North andthey can hardly wait until pumpkin time. The South might anticipate. PUMPKINS the want and reap a good harvest. Pumpkins also make an excellent stockfood, and should always be grown to some extent on every farm. Thelabor IS .slight; dropping and planting the seed in cornfields, nooks andcorners usually produces large crops, without any expense or outlay inlabor. When grown as a regular crop, pumpkins should be planted inhills, ten or twelve feet apart, similar to watermelons. Fertilizing increasesthe crop. Eotten stable manure is as good as any. Commercial fertilizersshould be used at the rate of about 800 pounds to the acre in the hills,well mixed with the soil. SEEDS. Favorite kind is the Large Cheese or Field Pumpkin. It is of roundflat shape, salmon yellow in color, and a desirable kind. In the Southerncities a great favorite is the Kershaw crookneck for table use, which can beplanted with profit for Southern markets only. The Mammoth Tours pumpkins are fa
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