Excerpt from The Southern Planter, Vol. 18: Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and the Household Arts, December 1858Roots put away in rainy, damp, or foggy weather, have a poor chance of wintering well, if bulked under such unfavorable conditions, they éshould be afterwards dried by the sun and wind, or by the fire.No damp situation will answer for the safe keeping of root creps. The digging should be effected, if possible, in dry weather, if you must dig them in a moist condition, be sure and dry them before finally storing them away. All sources of moisture being guarded against, half the battle is gained, but in the next place excessive weight must be avoided.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.