Archive image from page 98 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 SWEET POTATO SYMPHOKICARPOS 1757 to be the standard of excellence, and is a good keeper though yielding very lightly. The market it is intended to supply should, therefore,
Archive image from page 98 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 SWEET POTATO SYMPHOKICARPOS 1757 to be the standard of excellence, and is a good keeper though yielding very lightly. The market it is intended to supply should, therefore, be specially planted for. If for northern shipment, the Jersey Sweet is preferable. For early local sale Orleans Red ('Nigger-killer'), Early Golden or Bermuda Red, head the list. For winter storage and local market in spring it is best to rely on the good old popular standard â the Georgia Yam âdespite its light yield, or rein- force it with Vineless, which closely approaches it in quality and is a much heavier cropper. Hugh N. Starnes. SWEET SCABIOUS. See Scabiosa. SWEET-SCENTED SHRUB. See Calycanthus. SWEET-SOP. Anona squamosa. SWEET SULTAN. See Centaurea moscliata. SWEET VERNAL GRASS. See Anthoxanthum. SWEET WILLIAM is Dianthus barbatus. SWERTIA (after Emanuel Swert, a bulb cultivator of Holland and author of Florilegium. 1012). Gentiana- cece. About 40 species, widely scattered about the world but mainly from S. Asia, of annual or perennial herbs with simple leaves, mainly radical in the perennial spe- cies and yellow, blue or white flowers in loose or rather dense corymbs. Calyx 4-5-parted: corolla rotate, with a very short tube and glandular pits at the base of each lobe; lobes 4-5, overlapping to the right: ovary 1-loculed: capsule dehiscing by 2 valves at the sutures. diluta, Benth. & Hook. (Ophelia cliliita. Ledeb.). A tender perennial about 1 ft. high: stem winged and an- gled, branching from near the base : lvs. glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved, rather obtuse
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