110 Tettok Geowing in the South. 



SWEET POTATOES. 



While this crop does not come specifically within the 

 scope of the truck grower, at the same time it is a crop 

 that is universally planted in the South, and comes in 

 well for the truck grower after his garden crops are off. 

 However, it may be stated here to judge that it is a crop 

 that does not properly belong to precede vegetables. A 

 separate plot of ground may he had for growing potatoes 

 and they may be grdwn after the principal vegetable crops 

 have been shipped. 



Vaeieties. 



The question of variety is one to be considered before 

 the crop is planted, also a question of marketing and where 

 marketed. In sweet potatoes, the Southern taste is wide- 

 ly different from that of the North. The South will take 

 only the potato that is sweet and juicy, what we call the 

 "Yam," while the ISTorth wants nothing but something 

 dry and mealy. 



Growing potatoes in the South for Northern markets 

 has been tried only in a small way, and what the possibili- 

 ties are are yet to be determined, however, my own expe- 

 rience and observation in that line are quite favorable, as 

 I have successfully grown the Jersey or Nansemond in 

 Florida, and the quality is fully up to that product grovTu 

 in Virginia or Jersey. I would advise experimenting 

 with the Jersey potato for shipment to Northern markets. 

 If the Southern markets are the ones in which the crops 



