113 Truck Growing in the South. 



kin yam varieties'. In eating quality, it is unexcelled. In 

 producing quality, it perhaps takes the lead of all. It is 

 early, and a vigorous grower, producing great quantities 

 of vine, it is a fair keeper, though not so good as the 

 Nancy Hall, but is perhaps as good a keeper as any of the 

 other Yellow Yam varieties. 



"Enormous," "Key West," and some other varieties are 

 great producers, but the quality is not so good as the pump- 

 kin variety, however, they are fair in eating quality, and 

 will produce much more than any of the pumpkin yam 

 family. 



"Enormous" is a variety introduced by the writer some 

 years ago, and was grown along side of the Nancy Hall 

 and exactly doubled the latter in yield, producing 536 

 bushels per acre on land that was lightly fertilized. 



For early planting, the potatoes should be bedded on 

 about four inches of stable manure and covered with about 

 one inch of soil, and should be kept well watered. In the 

 latitude of the southern part of the Gulf States, they 

 should be bedded the 15th of January, and February 1st. 

 As the potatoes begin to sprout through the ground, an ad- 

 ditional inch of soil should be put on the bed. When 

 vines are six inches high they may be drawn out and set 

 in the field. 



Planting. 



When ready to set plants in the field, broadcast over 

 the ground 1,000 pounds per acre of cottonseed-meal or 

 Castorpomac, then throw up beds about four feet apart, sot 

 the plants about 18 inches, keep the ground cultivated un- 



