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Index 



Pruning fruit trees, when to, 

 207 (see under each tree) 



Pumpkins, soil requirements, 

 how to plant, planted among 

 corn, picking, storing, fer- 

 tilizing, 76 ; fallacy of crossing 

 with squashes, melons, and 

 cucumbers, 77; when at- 

 tacked by the cucumber 

 beetle, 167 



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Queen Anne's lace, or wild 

 carrot, to eradicate, 160 



Quinces, soil requirements, to 

 root cuttings, planting trees, 

 treatment for borers, fertil- 

 izers, 204, 205; distance at 

 which to set trees, 208 



Radishes, soil requirements, 

 planting seed, thinning, suc- 

 cession of crops and plant- 

 ings, winter growth in hot- 

 beds, white and red varieties, 

 partial shade preferred, 77, 

 78; in window box, 54; thin- 

 ning, necessary, distance, 

 147; to make hotbed for, 122, 



Raspberries, Blackberries and, 



distance at which to set 

 bushes, 209; soil require- 

 ments, require room, winter 

 protection.lif eof patch,plant- 

 ing in rows, crown gall, culti- 

 vation, 209, 210, 227, 228; 

 cutting and pruning, tipping 

 canes, nipping new tips, cut- 

 ting back canes, 211 ; remov- 

 ing suckers, supporting canes, 

 need of shade, preparing 

 land for, pruning, thinning, 

 212; care after fruiting, care 

 in spring, location of bed, 

 213; winter protection, red 



rust, manure a protection 

 from cold, care of picked 

 fruit, varieties, 214 



Record book for the garden, 

 242 



Red rust, on raspberries and 

 blackberries, 214 



Rhubarb, soil requirements, 

 planting seed, started from 

 roots, perennial, when to 

 start roots, dividing old 

 hills, light cutting until 

 third year, 78; forcing and 

 winter growth, in cellar, 

 how to plant roots, seed not 

 to be allowed to mature, 

 value as food, 79; cooking, 

 selecting and planting roots, 

 winter mulching, 8p 



Rosemary, soil requirements, 

 sowing seed, thinning, cut- 

 tings, transplanting, prun- 

 ing, 80, 8 1 



Rotation of crops checks in- 

 sects and diseases, 175 



Rubbish, should be burned, 

 167, 1 68; to dispose of, 245 



Rust, spray for, 177, 214 



Rutabaga, soil requirements, 

 planting, cooked with white 

 potatoes, 8 1, 82 



Sage, soil requirements, cut- 

 tings, care of root clumps, 

 varieties, gathering, 82 



Salad, Corn, 38 



Salsify, its use, when to plant, 

 stored for winter, biennial, 

 soil requirements, left in the 

 ground for winter, sowing 

 seed, thinning, 82, 83, 84; 

 thinning, 147 



San Jos6 scale, spray for, 169; 

 remedied with lime sulphur, 

 175; qn peach trees, spray 

 for, 196 



Sand, advantages and disad- 

 vantages, in soil, 107; drain- 

 age of sandy soils, 116; 



