Vegetables of the Vine Family 



open ground until the nights are warm and all 

 danger of frost is passed. The hills should be 

 three feet apart each way at least as the vines 

 make quite a rank growth. Warm, sandy soil, 

 well fertilized, is necessary and a trowelful of 

 poultry droppings may be added to each hill for 

 good results. Cultivate thoroughly and often 

 and when the vines become too long to make culti- 

 vating convenient they may be lifted and coiled 

 around the top of the hill, the hill, by the way, 

 not being a hill at all in the common acceptance 

 of the term but merely a level space devoted to 

 the growing of the potato. It is quite important 

 that the ground immediately about the plant be 

 kept clean, so that when the vines are coiled up 

 they need not be again disturbed to remove weeds. 

 The space between the plants should be kept 

 mellow and free from weeds throughout the 

 growing season. Sweet potatoes are quite as 

 easy to grow as Irish potatoes, easier, in fact, as 

 they have fewer enemies and are not attacked by 

 the potato beetle. They are more difficult to 

 keep, however, and should be stored in boxes of 

 dry sand in a warm, dry cellar over winter. 



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