The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-16
not to allow the temperature to fall
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below 36 degrees F.
Varieties recommended. Irish Cob
bier, Bliss Red Triumph. and Bliss
White triumph are good early pota-
toes. Where only one variety is to
be grown, the Irish Cobbler is rec
commended. The same varieties may
be grown for the fall crop, or the
Green Mountain, which is q late a
riety, may oe used.
Sweet potatoes: The sweet potato
is not usually handled as q garden
crop in the South, but IL is advisable
to have few plants in the garden for
early summer use. On land that is
not thoroughly drained sweet potato
plants shotld be set on ridges which
are thrown up by means of plow
Two or four burrows are usually
thrown together and levei,., off with
| a light drag. The ridges should be
broad, as marrow sharp ridges dry
tout quickly. The fertilizers rccoml
| fnended for general garden treatment
/ will be found satisfactory for sweet
| potatoes. The roots that are too
small for marketing are usually used
! for seed. For an early crop the roots
I'should be bedded in hotbed five or
six weeks before it will be safe to set
the plants in the field. AS the plants
are easily injured by cold, they should
not be transplanted until danger of
frost has passed. For the general
crop in the lower South, select pro-
tected location, preferably on the
south side OF building or fence, and
/ bed the roots In the open. A com
mon method is to make an excavation
six inches deep and of sufficient size
to accommodate the roots to be bed
ded. Place In this layer of sand or
loose soil, on which to bed the sweet
potatoes Put the roots close togeth-
er, but do not allow them to touch,
1 and cover them with sand or loose
soil one to two inches deep. Soil on
which sweet potatoes have been
grown should not be used for the seed
bed. Ten bushels of sweet potatoes
will furnish enough slips to plant an
acre. From these slips, IL set out
early, may be taken enough vine cut
tings tO plant seven or eight acres.
Vine cuttings may be planted as late
as July III the upper South and at late
las August In the lower South. They
will produce as large crops as slips,
with less danger from diseases which
AFFECT tho roots.
| Sweet potatoes should be dug on
bright day when the soil is dry. The
time for digging varies in different
SECTIONS, but the potatoes should be
dug before there is any danger of hard
froRts. When grown on small scale,
sweet potatoes may be- dug with a
spading fork. Great care should be
taken not to bruiseior II. .are the roots
in handling. After digging, the roots
should lie exposed for two or three
4 To- I'D rt,l1 f<.1, rl,a
fbe placed In wal "A. well ventilated
| room. The temperature during the
curing period of about 10 days should
be about so degrees 60 SO degrees e
After the curing period the tempera-
ture should be lowered gradually to
about 55 degrees r. and held at that
point during the remainder OF the
storage period. A small crop may be
cured near the kitchen stove and af-
forwards stored in q dry room where
There is no danger of their becoming
chilled Handle sweet pptatoes as
little as possible.
Varieties recommended. Pumpkin.
Yam, Dooiey, Nancy Hall. Triumpii,
and Southern Queen. Where a dry
feshed potato is desired, improved
Jersey, Big Stem Jersey, and Triumph
are recommended.
o For further information On sweet
pDtatocs, read Farmers Bulletins 324
IsaEd 54S, entitled Sweet Pofatoes's =
and storing and Marketing Sweet
Potatoes, = respectively. which may he
had free ty writing to the United
States department. or agriculture,
washington, d. G. IS 4
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