142. FARM-GARDENING AND SEED-GROWING. 



VARIETIES. 



Early Scalloped Bush. Of this there are several 

 sub-varieties, distinguished by their color white, yellow, 

 striped, etc. of which the first two are the most popular. 

 Plant large and compact ; fruit round, scalloped about the 

 edge, oval next the stem, flat or indented at the blossom- 

 end. 



Early (rookneck Bush. Plant same as the above; 

 fruit medium size, deep yellow, partly crooked, with 

 slender neck, and covered with small wart-like bunches. 



Boston Marrow. Plant trailing ; fruit medium size, 

 egg-shaped, pointed at the ends; skin deep creamy yellow. 

 The leading fall variety. 



Hubbard. The plant, size, and form same as the above ; 

 color dull green, brown above. The leading winter variety 

 for market. 



SWEET-POTATOES. 



Universally cultivated throughout the United States, 

 and extensively grown at the South for market. They do 

 not stand handling so well as the common potato, being 

 liable to rot quickly when bruised. They can be profitably 

 grown in some parts of the Northern States where the 

 soil is suitable, but as a general rule are not so dry and 

 fine-flavored as when grown at the " sunny South." 



Growing the Plants. The plants may be grown in a 

 hot-bed prepared as directed under that head, substituting 

 sand for the common soil, or they may be started in a 

 cold-frame in a warm position, removing the earth and 

 using sand. They may also be grown without the aid of 

 sashes in a common frame, in a warm and sheltered place, 

 covering at night with boards. In a hot-bed the tubers 

 should be started about the twentieth of April, and in a 

 cold-frame ten days earlier. In either case put two 



