Okra 



427 



Cut- worms, Cornell Bull. 104, desc. and ill. 



Chinch-bug, Ky. Bull. 74, dese. and ill.; N. Y. Kept. 15, 

 pp. 531-33, desc; Ohio Bull. 69, dese. and ill., very 

 good ; Ohio: Ditching, plowing, harrowing, etc. Natural 

 checks, rain and fungi. 



Cornstalk disease. Neb. Bull. 52. 



OKRA OR GUMBO 



Okra is a hot-weather perennial, but is cultivated as 

 an annual, the seeds being sown each spring. It is gen- 

 erally grown in the southern states, where its partially 

 matured pods are in much demand for soups and stews. 

 These pods must be cut when still tender and pulpy, be- 

 fore they have developed strings or woody fiber. Pods 



Fig. 138. Okra seedlings. Two-thirds natural size. 



are also canned and dried for subsequent use. Okra is 

 grown in essentially the same way as corn. The seeds are 

 sown where the plants are to stand, as the young plants 

 do not transplant with ease. In the Northern states, 

 however, the plants are sometimes started in pots, boxes 



