STANDARD VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES 



given it. It must have a rich and mellow 

 soil — a sand}^ one is preferable — and the 

 best of cultivation. 



This is one of the vegetables that require 

 considerable room, therefore it is not adapted 

 to small-garden culture. But when space will 

 admit of it it should alwaj^s be grown, be- 

 cause it is one of the garden products that 

 can be used in so many ways that the house- 

 wife finds it one of the things she cannot well 

 get along without. 



Seed is obtained hy cutting old potatoes 

 in pieces, each piece having an ^^eye'^ or 

 growing-point. The pieces should be planted 

 in hills, four or five pieces to a hill, with hills 

 two feet apart. Cover to a depth of four inches. 



If plants are not watched while small, in- 

 sects are likely to attack them. Spray with 

 Nicoticide infusion. Later in the season the 

 Colorado beetle will be quite likelj^ to put 

 in its appearance. Then use Paris green, 

 either in infusion, or mixed with land-plaster, 

 and applied in a dry state while the plants 

 are moist from dew. If any fungous disease 

 is discovered, spray mth Bordeaux mixture. 

 All these insecticides can be procured from 

 druggists or dealers in agricultural goods, 

 or they can be obtained from the dealer from 

 whom you buy seed. 



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