CONTENTS. 



and enemies Pears Dwarf and standard trees Varieties When to gather pears How to ripen 

 and improve the color of pears How to keep pears Yield and profits Marketing Diseases and 

 enemies Peaches Localities best adapted to their cultivation Varieties Frequent planting of 

 trees essential Yield and profit Marketing Diseases and enemies Nectarines Varieties Plums 

 Varieties Diseases, etc. The apricot The cherry Varieties The quince Varieties Diseases 

 and enemies Grapes Soil and its preparation Planting Trellis Cultivation Summer pruning 

 and treatment Winter protection of vines Varieties Hybrids Seedlings Grafting Ripening 

 late varieties Marketing Yield and profit Preserving for winter use Figs Oranges Varieties 

 Methods of propagation Seed Grafting Budding and cuttings The latter not generally as 

 successful as the other methods Planting How to make an orange grove Cultivation Gathering 

 Preparing for market Lemons Planting Cultivation Gathering Marketing Limes. 762 



The Small Fruits, 



Should be cultivated for home use The strawberry Varieties Soil Manures and fertilizers Pre 

 paring the ground Planting Summer planting Fall planting Distances of planting How to 

 prevent mixing Cutting off flowers Cultivation Mulching Growing large berries Hastening 

 the time of ripening Ripening or coloring berries Winter protection Cultivation the second 

 year Picking and marketing Treatment of plants after fruiting Yield and profits Strawberries 

 at the South Enemies Raspberries Soil Fertilizers Varieties General directions for plant 

 ing Planting at the South Fall planting Cultivation Cultivation after the first year Summer 

 pruning Winter pruning Mulching Staking Winter protection How to obtain a crop in the 

 fall Raspberry rust Blackberries Varieties Planting and cultivation Hardiness and winter 

 protection Currants Varieties Soil and cultivation Pruning Hardiness Prolonging the fruit 

 ing season Enemies Gooseberries Varieties Soil and planting Prevention of mildew, etc. 

 Cranberries Varieties Cultivation Gathering Mulberries. 811 



PART V.-GARDENING. 



The advantage of having a good garden on every farm Improvements suggested Gardening made 

 easy by the use of suitable implements A variety of garden plants and vegetables should be 

 cultivated Cold frames Preparing the ground Transplanting Setting plants in dry weather 

 Various garden products Their varieties and cultivation Asparagus Beans Beets Borecole or 

 Kale Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Chernvil Chicory Corn Cress or Peppergrass 

 Cress Cucumbers Citron Dandelion Egg-plant Endive Garlic Horse-radish Leek 

 Lettuce Melon Mushrooms Mustard Nasturtium or Indian cress Okra or Gombo Onion 

 Parsley Parsnip Peas Pepper Potatoes Pumpkin Radish Rhubarb Salsify or oyster plant 

 Spinach Squash Tomato Turnip Rotation of crops as necessary for the garden as for 

 field crops Reasons for failure of seeds Garden herbs and their cultivation Anise Arnica 

 Horehound Lavender Saffron Sage Summer Savory Sweet Marjoram Thyme. 860 



PART VI. BEES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



Bee keeping an attractive employment History of the honey bee Modified by climate Varieties 

 Black or German Italian or Ligurian Cyprian Syrian Description and characteristics The 

 colony, and what composes it Queen bee Workers Drones Their use Fertile Workers 

 Introducing a new queen Bee-hives Hives adapted to the storage of honey, the health and 

 comfort of the colony essential The use and advantage of foundation Stimulative feeding 

 Adulterations in bee food Honey-bearing plants Summer management of bees Swarming 

 Artificial swarming Securing the surplus honey Extracting honey Handling of the hive should 

 always be done in the most gentle manner Implements and articles for the apiary Wintering bees 

 Bees in the Southern States Profits of bee keeping. 



PART VII VARIOUS TOPICS. 



Silk Culture. 



Antiquity of the silk industry History Value compared with other textile materials The silk worm 

 Varieties and characteristics Different states or stages of the silk worm The egg The larva or 

 worm Molting Color The cocoon The chrysalis The moth Wintering and hatching the 



