Suggestions for Handling and Transplanting 
1. Plant as soon as plants arrive. In the event there is 
a delay, take the plants out of the package, cut 
the string, spread the bundle and heel-in the plants 
in the shade keeping the roots moist. 
2. On hot, sunny days plant only in the late afternoon. 
3. Place roots and stem well into the ground but do 
not cover the leaves. 
4. Use water to settle dirt around the roots in prefer- 
ence to packing with hands. After plant has been 
watered, complete filling of hole by pulling in loose 
dirt around the plant. 
5. If plants are badly wilted in transit, allow roots to 
soak in water for two or three hours. Never wet 
tops under any conditions. 
6. Occasionally when plants have been delayed in 
transit, the leaves will turn yellow and perhaps 
slimy. If the stems are still firm and green these 
plants are still good and will grow off nicely when 
handled as outlined above. 
Recommendations for growing Sweet Potatoes 
Select a well-drained sandy loam soil of moderate 
fertility. Use at the rate of 1,000 to 1,200 pounds per 
acre, a fertilizer mixture high in potash and relatively 
low in nitrogen (8-9-9 or 4-12-12). Avoid rich, black 
soils, soils which have been manured heavily, and soils 
on which legumes have recently been grown. Plant 
only after danger of frost is over and plant 12 to 15 
inches apart in a good mellow bed about 6 to 8 inches 
high in rows 3% feet apart—this takes from 10,000 to 
12,000 plants per acre. Always use water in planting 
in order to give the plants a good start. Harvest just 
before first killing frost, using care in handling to avoid 
bruising of the potatoes. If the potatoes are to be 
stored, store at a temperature around 60 degrees F.— 
sweet potatoes will not stand temperatures below 50 
degrees F. 
Write or call us for prices on 100,000 plants and over— 
Telephone Leesburg 4572 
COMMERCIAL PRINTERS, INC., COLUMBUS, GA.—54152—10M—1/55 
