Feb. 26.—What we consider to be one of the most delicious vegetables is fairly plentiful on the market these days and we often wonder why it is not more extensively grown in local gardens. We refer to the Sweet Potato (Ipomoea Batatas) and we only know one garden where a large area is set apart for its cultivation. This plant belongs to the Morning Glory family hnd tis said to be native to the East Indies, it thrives under soil conditions that would not be suitable for many other vegetables and as its food value is considerably higher than that of the Irish Potato, there appears to be no reason why it should not be Seen more often in our gardens. Much of the market produce comes from the Yangstze Valley where it is cultivated on ridges. The edible root tubers do not possess "eyes" like the Irish Potato and it is generally necessary 10 increase stock by the insertion of cuttings: old tubers are started in the Spring and the young sprouts growing from these are removed and used for propagation purposes. Its pro-wag ation is therefore similar to that practised in the case of Dahlias; old Dahlta tubers flower during late Spring, while cuttings taken from ike plants do not flower until the Autumn. "When old Sweet Potatoes are placed in the soil in the Spring they will produce a crop during the early days of Summer, while cuttings inserted in Spring do not produce a crop until Winter. The creeping stems of the plants we kept, under observation last year covered the whole area, there was no space for weeds to grow and the plants received little attention until the leaves were blackened during the first cold night. When the roots were dug up, they dried in the sun before being carefully/stoted. We believe that it is most important that care is exercises when the tubers are
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