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The Tingle Nursery Company, Pittsville, Maryland 



FERTILIZING, if you have barnyard manure, well rotted, this is very good and 

 there is probably nothing better to insure you a big crop of berries. Spread it 0:1 the 

 ground and plow or disc it in. If you do not have barnyard manure commercial ferti- 

 lizer can be used with very satisfactory results. 400 pounds of dissolved bone and 100 

 pounds of acid phosphate per acre drilled in about a week or two before setting the 

 plants or it may be used alongside the plants after setting and cultivated or hoed in 

 will give excellent results. Do not let the plants come in contact with the fertihzer 

 as it is likely to kill or scorch them. Another application of from 400 to 500 pounds 

 per acre as a top dressing in August or Septem.ber or early in the spring before growth 

 starts of a mixture containing from four to seven percent nitrogen and from five to 

 ten percent phosphoric acid, with little or no potash. We believe late summer is the 

 best time, for if applied then you will have stronger and more vigorous plants, as it 

 requires strong plants to produce large, fancy berries. All fertilizer should be brushed 

 off the leaves immediately after putting on and never use fertilizer when the plants 

 are wet. Doing so will result in scorched or burnt foliage. 



MULCHING. Mulching is a wonderful way to protect the plants from freezing and 

 thawing of the soil in winter, to preserve moisture during a dry fruiting season and 

 to keep the berries from being spattered with dirt during a rain. Use straw, coarse 

 manure or similar material, apply in the fall and in the spring when growth starts, 

 rake off the beds into the center of the row where it also serves the purpose of retarding 

 the growth of weeds and also makes picking easier. 



Dasheen--A New Vegefahle 



Large Tuberous Roots Used Like Pota- 

 toes, Blanched Stems Lilie Asparagus, and 

 the Leaves Used for Greens. Large Trop- 

 ical-like Ornamental Foliage Similar to the 

 Popular Elephant's Ear, Caladiuni. 



The Dasheen is popular in various parts 

 of Europe and Asia, where it is grown prin- 

 cipally as a root crop, the tubers being used 

 the same as potatoes. The tubers some- 

 times reach a weight of more than 6 pounds 

 each. One hill will produce on good rich 

 soil 6 to 8 pounds or more of tubers. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture re- 

 port 1,000 bushels from less than 5 acres in 

 Florida, and on their different experimental 

 grounds have secured yields of 450 bushels 

 to the acre. 



The "Country Gentleman" published the 

 following regarding it: "Not only does the 

 Dasheen promise well as a market crop 

 once the public generally has recognized its 

 merits, but in the meantime it is capable 

 of furnishing food for home consumption. 

 Its food value is higher than the potato, 

 and about fifty per cent more protein and 

 fifty per cent more starch. The flavor of 

 the Dasheen is decidedly richer and more 

 tempting than that of the potato." 



Land that is too wet for ordinary crops 

 can be used to advantage in growing Da- 

 sheens, They can be grown on lands that 

 are subject to overflows that would ruin 

 most other crops, thus making much land 

 available for food crops that is now con- 

 sidered worthless. 



The Dasheen can be used in almost any 

 way that Irish Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes 

 can be used. They are excellent when 

 baked, boiled, fried, creamed, stuffed, meat 

 filled or scalloped, and for Saratoga Dasheen Chips and Fritters they are delicious. 



Choice seed tubers, 3 for 40c; 6 for 75c; 12 for $1.25; 25 for $2.00; 50 for $3.75; 100 for $7.00 

 delivered to you prepaid. Pamphlet giving cultural directions and recipes for preparing 

 and cooking the Dasheen free with each order. Try a few this season. Plant early. 



A 5-Lb. Dasheen Tubei 



