Index 



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Pears Continued 



distance at which to set 

 trees, 208 



Peas, soil requirements, fer- 

 tilizers, cooking pods, how 

 to plant, vines trained on 

 netting, advantages of 

 wrinkled varieties, 68; im- 

 prove soil, turning under 

 vines, feeding vines to cows, 

 necessity of cultivation, suc- 

 cession of plantings, selecting 

 and growing seed, 69; trained 

 on a wire fence, 70; to sup- 

 port vines, 9; early planting, 

 56; to kill weevils on, 169; 

 thinning, 147 



Peat or leaf mold, for seed bed, 



134 



Pepper-grass, or cress, 38, 39 

 Peppers, sown in hotbed, trans- 

 planted, soil requirements, 

 pruning, watering, danger 

 from frost, 70; fertilized 

 with nitrate of soda, no 

 Peppermint (see Mint, 57, 58) 

 Phosphates, promote flowering 

 and f ruitf ulness, in; ground 

 rock a, 112 

 Phosphatic rock and manure, 



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Pine mice, damage fruit trees, 

 to destroy, 176 



Plans for the family garden, 

 254, 242; care in selection, 

 location of vegetables, when 

 to plan, 243 



Plant lice, to kill, 164, 165; on 

 fruit trees, spray for, 198 



Planting (article on), 139-140 



Plowing and pulverizing, 115, 

 1 16; when soil is too wet, 107 ; 

 in the fall, helps control 

 insects, 180 



Plums, soil requirements, 202; 

 varieties planted together, 

 202, 203; chickens aid in con- 

 trolling insects, the yellow 

 plum, rooting cuttings, spray 

 for green fly, 203; damson 

 plums, 204; saving and plant- 



ing seed, 196; spray for plant 

 lice, 198; for slugs, 176; dis- 

 tance at which to set trees, 

 208 



Poison ivy, to eradicate, 161 



Pollination, of different vege- 

 tables, 245, 241 



Pools, or stagnant water, breed 

 mosquitoes, 179 



Posts, to prevent rotting, 238, 

 246 



Potash, nitrate of, when to 

 apply and quantity, 106; 

 forms of, in 



Potassium sulphide, recipe for, 

 182 



Potato beetle, to rid eggplant 

 of, 44 



Potatoes, when to plant, 70; 

 soil and fertilizer required, 

 sprouting before planting, 

 cultivation, harrowing after 

 planting, preparation of seed 

 bed, 71 ; not planted in same 

 place two years in succession, 

 treated for scab before plant- 

 ing, sprayed for bugs, when 

 grown on irrigated land, 72; 

 planting late varieties, pre- 

 paration of seed, to guard 

 against dryness, when cut- 

 ting seed, sulphur for scab, 

 cooking in the jacket, 73; 

 when to dig, how to store, 

 spraying often, storing in 

 pits, 74; to distinguish seed 

 end, preparing seed, starting 

 sprouts before planting, dan- 

 ger from frost, 75; to control 

 blight, 166; to control beetle, 

 166 



Potatoes, sweet, soil require- 

 ments, time for planting, 

 storing, when to gather, 75, 

 76 



Powder gun for dry sprays, 

 178 



Protection, of hotbed on cold 

 nights, 125, 126; when the 

 sun is too hot, 126; for the 

 garden, 235 



