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Varieties of roselle, 214 Bulletin, 214 Okra, 216 

 Bulletin, 216 Plantain, 216 Papaya, 217 Bread- 

 fruit, 220. 



CHAPTER XVI 



VEGETABLES WITH EDIBLE SEEDS 222-243 



Peas, 222 Soil and cultivation, 223 Fertilizer for 

 peas, 223 Varieties of peas, 224 Beans, 225 Bush 

 beans, 226 Soil for bush beans, 226 Fertilizer, 226 



Planting and cultivating bush beans, 227 Preparing 

 bush beans for market, 228 Harvesting bush beans, 

 229 Varieties of bush beans, 230 Pole beans, 230 

 Varieties of pole beans, 231 Lima beans, 232 Cul- 

 ture, 232 Varieties of lima beans, 232 Runner beans, 

 232 Varieties, 233 Enemies of beans in general, 233 



Bulletins, 233 Broad bean, 234 Cowpea, 235 

 Bulletin, 235 Peanut, 236 Soil and preparation, 236 



Fertilizer, 237 Planting peanuts, 237 Cultivation 

 of peanuts, 239 Harvesting peanuts, 240 Varieties 

 of peanuts, 242 Bulletins, 242 Goober, 242 Sweet 

 corn, 242. 



CHAPTER XVII 

 VEGETABLES WITH EDIBLE TUBERS OR ROOTS . . . 244-285 



Irish potato, 244 Soil and preparation, 245 Fer- 

 tilizer for potatoes, 246 Seed potatoes, 247 Planting 

 potatoes, 248 Cultivation of potatoes, 249 Harvest- 

 ing, 250 Storing potatoes, 251 Varieties of potatoes, 

 262 Second crop of potatoes, 262 Diseases of pota- 

 toes, 253 Bulletins, 253 Sweet potato, 254 Soil for 

 the sweet potato, 254 Fertilizer, 255 Propagation of 

 the sweet potato, 255 Preparation of the land for sweet 

 potato, and transplanting, 256 Cultivation, 257 

 Storing, 258 Marketing, 259 Uses, 259 Enemies, 

 269 Varieties of sweet potatoes, 260 Bulletins, 260 



