Contents xiii 



Picking and packing, 166 Saving cucumber seed, 167 

 Varieties, 169 Squash, 169 Choosing the soil for 

 squashes, 170 Fertilizers, 170 Fertilizers for 

 squashes, 171 Planting squashes, 172 Cultivating, 

 173 Marketing, 173 Varieties, 174 Chayote, 174 

 Bulletins, 176. 



CHAPTER XIV 



VEGETABLES WITH EDIBLE FRUITS SOLANACEOUS PLANTS 177-208 



Tomato, 177 Tomato seed, 179 Seed-beds, 180 

 Soil for tomatoes, 181 Fertilizer, 182 Preparing the 

 tomato field, 182 Setting out tomato plants, 184 

 Cultivating, 185 Pruning tomato vines, 186 Staking 

 tomatoes, 187 Trellising, 188 Picking tomatoes, 188 

 Packing-house, 189 Sorting tomatoes, 190 Summer 

 and fall crop, 191 Saving tomato seed, 191 Canning, 

 195 Enemies of the tomato in Florida, 193 Varie- 

 ties of tomatoes, 194 Literature, 195 Eggplant, 195 



Hotbeds and coldframes for eggplants, 196 Using 

 flower-pots, 197 Soil and preparation, 199 Fertilizer 

 for eggplants, 199 Cultivation of eggplants, 200 

 Gathering eggplants, 201 Marketing, 201 Seed sav- 

 ing, 201 Varieties of eggplants, 203 Pepper, 204 

 Hotbeds and coldframes for peppers, 205 Soil and 

 preparation for peppers, 206 Fertilizer for peppers, 207 



Cultivation of peppers, 207 Marketing, 207 Sav- 

 ing seed, 208 Varieties of peppers, 208. 



CHAPTER XV 



VEGETABLES WITH EDIBLE FRUITS OTHER CROPS . . 209-221 



Roselle, 209 Propagation, 210 Cultivation of 

 roselle, 211 Gathering, 212 Shipping roselle, 212 

 Productivity, 213 Uses of roselle, 213 Diseases, 214 



