58 SWEET POTATO CULTURE. 



are perfectly Lardy, allow them to take care of them- 

 selves, digging them as they are needed. In cooking 

 they may be treated in the same manner as potatoes. 

 The bulblets do not produce a full-sized tuber the first 

 year ; they may be sown in a seed-bed and the small 

 tubers produced planted the next spring either whole or 

 cut into two or three pieces, according to their size. 

 When full-sized tubers are once obtained, their smaller 

 ends are reserved for planting, using the large portion for 

 the table ; these small ends are cut into lengths of one- 

 and-a-half to three inches, according to their size, and 

 will produce large tubers the first year. The distance 

 in planting may be the same as for the Sweet Potato. 

 The tubers make their greatest increase in size late in 

 the season, and should not be dug before frost has put 

 an end to the growth of the vines. 



