. 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. 1929. Underground parts of Potato plant. Showing the fibrous roots and the stems ending in tubers. The old seed-piece is seen near the bottom. planting. Some of the starch is transformed into sugar, which causes the eyes or buds to develop into minia- ture, short, tough plants or "rosettes," which res
. 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. 1929. Underground parts of Potato plant. Showing the fibrous roots and the stems ending in tubers. The old seed-piece is seen near the bottom. planting. Some of the starch is transformed into sugar, which causes the eyes or buds to develop into minia- ture, short, tough plants or "rosettes," which results, when the Potatoes are planted, in hastening growth and shortening the period between planting and harvesting. Some varieties, when thus treated and planted in warm, rich, sandy soil, produce merchantable tubers in six weeks. In cutting Potatoes for planting, each eye shou^a be supplied with an abundance of food to start the young plants off vigorously: the pieces should be as large as possible and yet not bear more than one or two eyes (Fig. 1931). While the late varieties thrive best in a moist, cloudy climate and in a rich, loamy soil, Potatoes may be successfully produced in light soils. 1930. Flowers and foHage of Potato (X %). and under cloudless skies. Dryish, sandy or sandy loam soils not only produce earlier Potatoes than cold, damp lands, but tubers of a better quality. "Mealy" Potatoes contain less moisture than do those which remain somewhat hard when cooked. Americans prefer the former; most Europeans the latter. For market-gardening, varieties such as Early Rose are planted 2 to 3 inches deep in dry, warm soils, as soon as danger from frost has passed. Level tillage is practiced until the vines are nearly full grown, when the rows are slightly hilled by passing an implement, provided with a single large shovel with or without wing-attachments, between the rows. A threefold ef- fect is secured : weeds are destroyed ; the land is \ raised into ridges,
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