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Index 



Muskmelons Continued 

 transplanting, watering, 59; 

 saving seed, danger from 

 frost, picking, 60, 61; mois- 

 ture required, 99; see Canta- 

 loupe 



Mustard, how to plant, grow- 

 ing seed, green leaves a poul- 

 tice, soil requirements, cook- 

 ing, 61; in window box, 54 



Mustard water, to kill leaf- 

 feeding insects, 177 



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Nectarines, distance at which 

 to set trees, 208 



New England spinach, 87 



Nitrate of potash, when to 

 apply and quantity, 105 



Nitrate of soda, when to apply 

 and quantity, 105; how and 

 when to apply, no; how to 

 apply, caution, 113; how to 

 use, 243; for spinach, 87 



Nitrogen, promotes growth, 

 and color, in 



Nuts, hints on, 230-232 



Nut trees, 230, 231, 232; soil 

 requirements, 231 



Okra, soil requirements, culti- 

 vation, soaking seed, plant- 

 ing, when to gather, 61,62 



Onions, soil requirements, cul- 

 tivation, in winter, to force, 

 curing, 62 ; ashes, winter care, 

 bunching, Egyptian, win- 

 ter onions, 63; not planted 

 two years in succession in 

 same place, harvesting, ad- 

 vantages of winter onion, 

 spraying for insects, select- 

 ing seed, 64; early planting, 

 56 ; when grown for seed, 

 testing seed, 65; thinning, 

 147 



Onion sets, in window box, 54 



Oyster Plant, or salsify, its 



use, when to plant, stored 

 for winter, biennial, soil 

 requirements, left in ground 

 for winter, sowing seed and 

 thinning, 82, 83, 84 



Paris Green, Recipe for, 182; 



caution with, 175 



Parsley, soil requirements, 

 soaking seed, long season, 

 shade required, planted in 

 pots for winter, planted in cel- 

 lar, salting down for winter 

 use, thinning, 65, 66, 67; to 

 make hotbed for, 122, 123; 

 grown in pot at kitchen 

 window, 243 



Parsnips, soil requirements, 

 cultivation, when and how to 

 plant, when ready for use, 

 flavor improved, not a second 

 season crop, 67; growing 

 seed, 12 



Peaches, thinning heavily lad- 

 en trees, saving and planting 

 seed, picking fruit, when and 

 with what to spray for leaf 

 curl, San Jos scale, brown 

 rot, scab, curculio, 196; 

 treated for brown rot, when 

 sprayed in summer, exam- 

 ine before planting for black 

 knob, treatment, 197; spray 

 for plant lice, treatment for 

 borer, pruning, to thin out 

 tree, 198; when to pick fruit, 

 treatment for scab, for leaf 

 curl, 199; distance at which 

 to set trees, 208 



Pears, spray for slug, 176; soil 

 requirements, treatment for 

 blight, danger of bruising 

 bark, late and early varieties, 

 200; pruning, when and how 

 to plant, care of young trees, 

 storing fruit, growing choice 

 fruit, 201; protection from 

 insects, when to pick fruit, 

 care of picked fruit, 202; 



