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time are more tender and succulent. Among crops well adapted 
for shading are tobacco, rhubarb, celery, lettuce, dandelion, 
Swiss chard and asparagus, all of which have been successfully 
erown under cover. But shading is not applicable to crops 
grown for underground vegetative parts, such as carrots, turnips 
and potatoes, whose economic value lies in their stored reserve 
material. But radishes have given good results under the treat- 
ment. In this case the root is used simply as a condiment. The 
practice also is not applicable to crops grown for fruits or seeds. 
In conclusion, the climatic conditions to which shading as a 
horticultural practice is applicable are, a high percentage of sun- 
shine, a rather light rainfall and a considerable wind with a 
consequent high rate of evaporation. Such conditions prevail 
markedly on the Great Plains and, if there are no other consid- 
erations entering in to materially affect results, shading might 
be expected to prove an especially beneficial practice there, par- 
ticularly in middle Texas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, 
Nebraska and, South Dakota. 
