large number of tubers attached to the stalk, you 

 are going to lose some of them for there will not 

 be enough of the stalk to go round. There may be 

 as many as a dozen tubers on the entire stalk, and 

 the stalk have only two or three buds, that are cut 

 out of the clump with the tubers that are the nearest 

 to them, the remaining tubers having to be discarded. 

 Then again it will be right the reverse. After sawing 

 through, then proceed with the knife, which should 

 be kept sharp and have a thin blade, something a 

 little better than a potato knife, though a potato 

 knife docs nicely. 



In using either the saw or the knife, never cut in 

 and attempt to pry them apart as this will bruise 

 them and cause decay. 



If you are not prepared to do your planting at 

 the time you make the division pack the tubers 

 away in dry dirt, sand or shavings storing in a cool 

 place. It is important that this be done, for after 

 the tubers have been cut, they will dry out very 

 quickly if left in the open air. 



I get quite a number of small tubers from two 

 to three inches long that I put into pots. Give them 

 one good watering, putting them to one side, giving 

 no more water until I am ready for them to grow. 

 When they are about eight inches high, I plant out. 

 in the open. They make just as good plants and 

 tubers as the large ones do. 



Very large tubers will make but few if any new 

 tubers at all. It is best to cut the lower portion off 

 from a third to one-half, depending on the size of 

 the tuber. 



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