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PLATE PAGE 



VII. ONIONS, RED BERMUDA (left) AND CREOLE. ALSO A 



HAMPER OF LETTUCE Opposite 134 



Vin. MELONS Opposite 161 



Top, Rocky Ford muskmelon ; bottom, field marked 

 off for muskmelons. 



IX. TWELVE VARIETIES OF CHATOTE (Sechium edule). ONE- 

 THIRD NATURAL SIZE Opposite 174 



X. EGGPLANTS AND PEPPERS .... Opposite 195 



Top, eggplant plantation ; center left, white egg- 

 plant ; center right, eggplant ready for transplanting 

 to the field bottom, peppers in the field. 



XI. CUCUMBER HAMPERS ; AND A PLANT OF ROSELLE (Victor 



variety) Opposite 209 



XII. POTATOES AND TOMATOES .... Opposite 244 

 Irish potato field above ; tomatoes properly staked. 



XIII. LETTUCE AND SWEET POTATOES . . . Opposite 257 



Top, Big Boston head lettuce, in longitudinal sec- 

 tion ; bottom, using disc cultivator in sweet potatoes. 



XIV. ROOT VEGETABLES Opposite 264 



Left top, French Breakfast radish ; right top, Long 

 Scarlet radish ; left bottom, Rose Turnip radish ; 

 right bottom, Chantenay carrot. 



XV. A FIELD OF DASHEEN OR TARO AS GROWN IN FLORIDA 



Opposite 279 



XVI. TUBERS OF DASHEEN Opposite 281 



About natural size. These tubers weigh four or five 

 ounces. 



