. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. wn winter kinds. Squash must be stored in buildings w^here thereis no freezing during the winter and a uniform temperature of 50° F. ismost favorable to successful storage. Sweet Corn.âSweet corn requires the same conditions as field corn, VEGETABLES AND THEIR CULTURE 41 if a good crop is expected. Among the early varieties which are popularand largely grown may be mentioned Fordhook and White Cob Bantam matures somewhat later than these varieties and is supe-rior in quality. Popular midsummer varieties ar
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. wn winter kinds. Squash must be stored in buildings w^here thereis no freezing during the winter and a uniform temperature of 50° F. ismost favorable to successful storage. Sweet Corn.âSweet corn requires the same conditions as field corn, VEGETABLES AND THEIR CULTURE 41 if a good crop is expected. Among the early varieties which are popularand largely grown may be mentioned Fordhook and White Cob Bantam matures somewhat later than these varieties and is supe-rior in quality. Popular midsummer varieties are Cosmopolitan andSweet Orange. Country Gentleman and Stowell Evergreen are the bestknown late varieties. Experiments made at various experiment stationsshow that it pays to select seed for sweet corn with as much care as for fieldcorn. If space is available it pays to start one or two hundred hills in soilunder glass by sowing seed two weeks before it is considered safe to set theplants in the open ground. This will make an early crop and insure a goodstand of Some Commercial Ttpes op Sweet Potatoes.^ AâBlack Spanish. BâA Long, C3lindrical Type. CâJerse} Group. DâRed Bermuda. EâSouthern Queen. Sweet Potatoes.âThe sweet potato is not universally grown in thefarm gardens of the United States. It thrives only in warm soils and pre-fers one which is sandy in character. There are numerous varieties ofsweet potatoes, some of the most popular being Big Stem Jersey, YellowJersey, Red Jersey, Southern Queen, Georgia Yam, Red Bermuda, Floridaand Pierson. It is propagated by slips and these are obtained by beddingthe tubers in fine soil with the proper amount of heat and moisture. Thetubers soon send out sprouts and produce rooted plants which are set in thefield after all danger of frost has passed. Field planting should not be From Farmers Bulletin 324, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. ^^B^? â¢^^m^Pi^s^p fc TV. * W^ 1 I^H^^^HHwk, jmBM 1 m- ^ ^ -fi â IP: ..^WjV *â >:
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