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THE
PEANUT PLANT.
ITS CULTIVATION AND USES.
"_Every species of plant requires certain physical conditions for its
growth and perfection; and these may be general or special. If general,
then it will be widely diffused; but if special, its distribution will
be limited._"
BY
B. W. JONES,
OF VIRGINIA.
ILLUSTRATED.
[Illustration]
NEW YORK:
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
1902
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, by the
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
PREFACE.
This little work has been prepared mainly for those who have no
practical acquaintance with the cultivation of the Peanut. Its
directions, therefore, are intended for the beginner, and are such as
will enable any intelligent person who has followed farming, to raise
good crops of Peanuts, although he may have never before seen the
growing plant.
The writer has confined himself to a recital of the more important
details, leaving the minor points to be discovered by the farmer
himself. If the reader should think these pages devoid of vivacity, let
him remember that we have treated of an every-day subject in an
every-day style. The interest in the theme will increase when the
beginner has pocketed the returns from his first year's crop. Until
then, we leave him to plod his way through the details, trusting that
the great Giver of the harvest will bless his labors, and amply reward
his toils in this new field.
B. W. J.
WARREN PLACE, SURRY COUNTY, VA., 1885.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
CHAPTER I.--DESCRIPTION.
Origin.--Natural History.--Varieties.--Possible Range.--Analysis. 5