. 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 . 1929. Underground parts of Potato plant. Showing the fibrous roots and the stem.^ 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 r
. 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 . 1929. Underground parts of Potato plant. Showing the fibrous roots and the stem.^ 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,•wh(;n the Potatoes are planted, in hastening growth andshortening the period between planting an(l varieties, when thus treated and planted in warm,rich, sandy soil, produce merchantable tubers in six weeks. In cutting Potatoes for planting, each eye supplied with an abundance of food to start theyoung plants off vigorously: the pieces should be aslarge as possible and yet not bear more than one or twoeyes (Fig. 1931). While the late varieties thrive bestin a moist, cloudy climate and in a rich, loamy may be successfully produced in light soils. 1930. Flowers and foliage of Potato (X K)- and under cloudless skies. Dryish, sandy or sandyloam soils not only produce earlier Potatoes than cold,damp lands, but tubers of a better quality. MealyPotatoes contain less moisture than do those whichremain somewhat hard when cooked. Americans preferthe former; most Europeans the latter. For market-gardening, varieties such as Early Roseare planted 2 to 3 inches deep in dry, warm soils, assoon as danger from frost has passed. Level tillage ispracticed until the vines are nearly full grown, whenthe rows are slightly hilled by passing an implement,provided with a single large shovel with or withoutwing-attachments, between the rows. A threefold ef-fect is secured : weeds are destroyed ; the land israised into ridges, whereby th
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