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Index 



Cherries, use of stuffed owl 

 to frighten away robins, 

 pruning, summer spray, 

 pruning sweet cherry, soil 

 requirements, fertilizer, 190, 

 191; cherry moth; habits, 

 spray for; cultivation, prun- 

 ing, 192; grass around tree 

 cut and allowed to rot, to 

 make humus, picking fruit, 

 fertilizer, 193; spray for 

 slugs, 176; spray for plant 

 lice, 198; distance at which 

 to set trees, 208 



Chervil, how to sow, when to 

 sow, soil requirements, 28, 29 



Chestnuts, soil requirements, 

 care of tree, when matured, 

 rooting suckers, 230 



Chicken droppings, value of, 

 how to apply, 114, no 



Chickens, in potato patch, cau- 

 tion, 246; what vegetables 

 they harm, what ones they 

 do not harm, 246; following 

 fall plowing to control in- 

 sects, 1 80 



Chicory, soil requirements, 

 table use, when to plant, 

 how to plant, 29 



Chives, utility, how to grow, 

 winter care, 30 



Citron, how to grow, 30 



Clay soils, treated with lime, 

 112, 113, drainage, 116 



Climbing vines, to support, 9, 

 10 



Coal ashes, for sandy soil, 112; 

 for heavy soil, 106 



Cold-frame, The Hotbed and, 

 article on, 117-121; hints 

 on, 121-126 



Collards, soil requirements, 

 how to plant, when to plant, 

 blanching, transplanting, re- 

 quire plenty of moisture, 31 ; 

 cultivation, 32 



Commercial fertilizers, amount 

 to use, 112, 113; caution in 

 using, 108, 109; to judge ad- 

 vantages of, in 



Compost, to prepare, 108; to 

 apply, 109; amount to apply, 

 no 



Corn, cultivation, forcing, 

 shocking the stalks, burning 

 old roots, selecting seed, test- 

 ing seed, 34; soil require- 

 ments, 32 ; saving seed, 32, 33, 

 35; how to plant, amount to 

 plant, how to cook, when to 

 us e, 33 1 34; tar to discourage 

 crows, 35; picking, 34, 35; 

 care of seed, 36, 37; select- 

 ing seed, when planting seed, 

 37; beans planted between 

 rows of, 8; pumpkin planted 

 between rows of, 76 



Corn Salad, how to plant, when 

 to sow, top dressing for, its 

 use, 38 



Corrosive sublimate, recipe for, 

 182 



Cover crop, rye recommended, 



239 



Cress, water, how to plant, 38; 

 cutting, succession of plant- 

 ings, 38, 39 



Crushed bone, when to apply, 

 quantity of, 106; a phos- 

 phate, in 



Cucumbers, growing seed, care 

 of seed, early, in hotbed, 

 thinning hills, 40; soil re- 

 quirements, when to plant, 

 fertilizer, on a trellis, 39, 40; 

 if grown too large before 

 transplanting, protection a- 

 gainst beetle, cultivation, 

 frequent picking, 41; to 

 support vines, 9, 10; danger 

 of frost, 60; can be planted 

 near pumpkins, 77; when 

 attacked by squash bug, 167; 

 when attacked by aphis, by 

 cucumber beetle, 167; not to 

 be transplanted, 143 



Cucumber beetle, on water- 

 melon vine, to exterminate, 

 99 



Cultivation, article on, 149- 

 150; hints on, 151-153; 



