. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. VEGETABLE GROWING 321 from Florida northward. In July, these markets are sup- plied by home gardeners. No matter where the grower lives, he knows that the potato delights in a cool, rich, moist sandy loam. The Florida man found his soil cool in January, the Wisconsin man, in June. Each planted his tubers perhaps a little more than three inches deep, gave the plants frequent, shallow till- age, sprayed them with Bordeaux mix- ture (Exercise 37) to keep the spores of dis- ease from germinating, and with lead arsenate
. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. VEGETABLE GROWING 321 from Florida northward. In July, these markets are sup- plied by home gardeners. No matter where the grower lives, he knows that the potato delights in a cool, rich, moist sandy loam. The Florida man found his soil cool in January, the Wisconsin man, in June. Each planted his tubers perhaps a little more than three inches deep, gave the plants frequent, shallow till- age, sprayed them with Bordeaux mix- ture (Exercise 37) to keep the spores of dis- ease from germinating, and with lead arsenate (Section 230) to kill the insects. The movement of the potato harvest from south to north shows that the plant thrives best in a cool soil and accounts for the fact that most of our potatoes for win- ter use are grown in Maine, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota. Radishes. — Radish seeds have already been used to mark the rows of carrots and parsnips, and these will probably furnish enough radishes for early table use. If not, more seed may be sown in nearly any place in the gar- den. It will germinate quickly and the crop will thrive. Tender, crisp radishes can be produced only when the. Fig. 146. — Bunch of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cunningham, Jules Cool, 1879-; Lancelot, William Henry, 1874-. New York : Macmillan
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