The great growers of potatoes in Lancashire formerly used to get tubers from Scotland, but they found that "a change from the moss-lands, and vice versa, was generally sufficient.
With respect to thetubers of the potato, I find that at the present day the practice of exchanging sets is almost everywhere followed.
Not only were the tubers affected, some being smooth and white at one end and rough and red at the other, but the stems and leaves were modified in their manner of growth, colour and precocity.
Buds of all kinds, whether produced on ordinary branches or on subterranean stems, whether simple or much modified and supplied with a stock of nutriment, as in tubers and bulbs, are all liable to sudden variations of the same general nature.
These were made by uniting not the tubers but the young stems, as was done by Mr. Fitzpatrick.
Some of these united tubers produced white, and others blue tubers; some, however, produced tubers partly white and partly blue; and the tubers from about four or five were regularly mottled with the two colours.
The tubers produced by these hybrids were intermediate in colour and form; and some which resembled in form the graft, i.
Mr. Fenn gave twelve of the tubers of the third generation to Mr. Alex.
Dahlias propagated by tubersunder the hot climate of St. Domingo vary much; Sir R.
Heimann's experiments in grafting together the tubers of red Saxon, blue, and elongated white potatoes.
Many different forms partaking of the characters of the inserted bud and of the stock were thus obtained; for instance, some of the tubers were white with red eyes.
Moreover, in two cases, the young stems were grafted together, and the plants thus united yielded the same results as when the tubers were united.
The manner in which the tubers are arranged on the so-called roots or rhizomes is different; thus, in the gurken-kartoffeln they form a pyramid with the apex downwards, and in another variety they bury themselves deep in the ground.
No eyes are visible in the Chinese yam, but slices of the long club-shaped tubers will push out young shoots and form independent plants, if planted with ordinary care.
Plant dried tubers of border flowers, but the finer sorts had better be deferred till spring.
Take up, dry and store dahlias and all tender tubers at the end of the month; pot lobelias and similar half-hardy plants from the open borders.
Thus the Jerusalem artichoke, though able to produce stems and tubers abundantly, only flowers in exceptionally hot seasons.
Plant out tubers and bulbs of border flowers, where neglected in autumn, deferring the finer florists' flowers till next month.
When used for propagation, the tubers are cut up into what are called "sets," every portion having an eye attached being capable of forming an independent plant.
It is carried over on diseased tubers and in the soil.
When the sprouts are 4 to 6 inches high, the tubers are carefully planted.
The tubers should be planted firmly and the pots set in a cool place to make roots.
It is customary to write of bulbs and tubers together, because the tops and flowers of all the bulbous and tuberous plants spring from large reservoirs of stored food, giving rise to similar methods of culture and of storage.
When the tips of the vines have been touched by frost the crop may be harvested, the tubers left to dry a few days, and stored in a dry, warm place.
Tubers large enough to flower the first year may be purchased from the seedsmen at moderate prices; and unless one has facilities for growing the seedlings for a year, purchase of the tubers will give the best satisfaction.
In this practice, also, the tubers are first cut into large pieces, so that they will not dry out too much.
For a very early crop in the garden, tubersare sometimes sprouted in the cellar.
These tuberous-rooted plants should be planted late in September or early in October, in a well-enriched sheltered border, setting the tubers 3 in.
The tubers may be planted in pots, bringing them into the conservatory or house at intervals through the winter, where they make an excellent showing when in bloom.
Several species of Helianthus have a tendency to produce similar fleshy tubers at the top of the roots.
It is believed to have been cultivated by the natives before the discovery of America, and the edible tubers are thought to be a development of cultivation.
At the Arkansas station whole tubers two to three inches in diameter yielded 18 per cent more than small whole tubers three-quarters to one and one-quarter inches in diameter, and large cut tubers yielded 15.
It is absolutely essential to see that there is no check in the growth of the plant, for once the growth is at all checked by drought, and irrigation is done, a new lot of potatoes start and new and old growth of tubers are worthless.
The secret of success is keeping the soil continually at the right moisture, so that the first growth of the plant may continue regularly until the tubers are brought to maturity.
Do not cut the tubers for seed as you would potatoes.
The planting may be done in rows far enough apart for cultivation, the tubers being set about a foot apart in the row.
In later books I find no mention of them and all are advised how to cut the tubers to get seed potatoes.
Jerusalem artichoke tubers are planted in the spring after the ground has become warm and the heavy frosts are over.
The main point is to keep the tubers as cool as possible and out of reach of the potato moth.
Sprout the tubers in a hot-bed or cold-frame in February and break off the shoots and plant as soon as you are out of danger by frost.
If you are late in the planting, or if the soil is dry or likely to dry before the tubers are grown to good size, irrigation, some time ahead of the need of the plant, is essential.
The presence of the tubers beneath the ground is denoted by the appearance above of a beautiful little fly having a violet colour--this insect being never seen except in the neighbourhood of Truffles.
Salep obtained from the tubers of foreign Orchids was specially esteemed; and even now that sold in Indian bazaars is so highly valued for its fine qualities that most extravagant prices are paid for it by wealthy Orientals.
Black Truffles are chiefly used: but there are also red and white varieties, the best tubersbeing light of weight in proportion to their size, with an agreeable odour, and elastic to the touch.
In Ireland it is known as "Rose noble," also as Kernelwort, because the kernels, ortubers attached to the roots have been thought to resemble scrofulous glands in the neck.
They are subject to the depredations of certain animalcules, which excavate the tubers so that they soon become riddled with worms.
Two roundish tubers form the root of an Orchid, and give its name to the plant from the Greek orchis, testicle.
The tubers contain a nutritious substance, and are eaten by the Tartars.
In Italy thesetubers are fried in oil and dusted with pepper.
The proportion of muscle-forming food (nitrogen) in the Potato is very small, and it takes ten and a half pounds of the tubers to equal one pound of butcher's meat in nutritive value.
Nangotook put them into the bark pot with the squirrel, and added a handful of hazelnuts and some tubers he had dug, which he called "bear potatoes.
Having filled the basket about half full of water, he placed in one compartment the meat, cut into small pieces, and some little tubers he had dug.
Sweet, white, and pleasant; the tubers are boiled and served up with butter.
For early spring flowering plant from October to December, placing the tubers 2-1/2 or 3 in.
The tubers may remain permanently in the ground, or they may be lifted and divided in summer, as soon as the foliage dies down.
It is increased by separating the tubers in autumn, and produces its flowers in May.
At the beginning of February stand the tubers on end in shallow boxes, and expose them to the light to induce the growth of short, hard, purple sprouts.
If grown out of doors the tubers must be lifted before frost sets in.
The plant is therefore propagated by cuttings from its tubers, each containing one or two eyes; or if the tubers be very small, which is often the case, a whole one is planted.
Buttermilk, a fluid which is rich in nitrogen, is an excellent supplement to potatoes, and compensates to a great extent for the deficiency of those tubers in muscle-forming matters.
The tuberspossess great vitality, and remain in the ground during the most severe frosts, without sustaining the slightest injury.
It constitutes the great bulk of many tubers and roots--for example, the potato and tapioca.
The nutritive constituents of tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke bear a close resemblance in every respect, save one, to those of the potato.
Two crops may be easily obtained from land under potatoes--one before the tops cover the ground, the other after the tubers have been dug out.
Those in the first flask were spoiled, as might have been expected; but in that filled with moist clay two tubers had thrown out shoots of half an inch in length, and appeared quite sound.
When the cultivation of camote is retained, the old plants are allowed to multiply their runners, and only the tubers are taken out of the ground.
A2; b6] fortubers left in the ground by accident to sprout.
The scales on the tubers are the rudiments of leaves; the eyes are the buds in their axils.
The stalks by which thetubers are attached to the parent stem are at once seen to be different from the roots, both in appearance and manner of growth.
To propagate it, it is only necessary to divide the tubers any time from July to October.
From that time the tubers may be lifted and transplanted.
The roots are not only peculiar in the way already mentioned, but the tubers have the appearance of being strung together by their ends.
The tubersresemble potatoes, but incline to pear-shape, as implied by the generic name.
To increase it, thetubers may be divided every third year, providing the growth has been of a vigorous tone.
The tubers may be transplanted soon after the tops have died off in late summer.
The tubersof potatoes and all our root crops, like beet and parsnip, are common examples of this.
There are now several wild relatives of it in South America, but their tubers are not so large as those of Solanum tuberosum from which all the different varieties of potato have been derived.
Figure 8 shows the tubersand true roots of the plant.
The small, turnip-like tubers usually send up several stems, which lean gracefully away from one another.
The little tubers upon the root often have a pungent taste, from which comes one of the other common names--"pepper-root.
He ate fruits and berries and tubers that he dug from the earth with his fingers.
Unfortunately, upon leaving Manila, I confided the mounting and pressing of my plants to an inexperienced person who stupidly placed in the midst of them several succulent tubers which decomposed during the voyage and spoiled the other plants.
Imagine my disappointment upon finding that, by an unfortunate coincidence, his plants had arrived in the same condition as mine, having also been packed with tubers of ubi, gabi, etc.
The absence or presence of tubers should also be noted, and if present, they must be represented.
We use roots and tubers in beets, carrots, and potatoes, and the onion is a bulb.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tubers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
