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21. ONIONS General Market Culture Spring Onions Diseases 



and Pests - 124 



22. PARSLEY 128 



23. PARSNIPS . 129 



24. PEAS - 130 



25. POTATOES Introductory Cultivation of the Potato The 

 Soil Manure The Great Manurial Mistake Sprouting 

 Potatoes Does it Pay to Sprout 1 Size of Seed Potatoes 

 Planting Potatoes Distance between the Kows Over- 

 crowding and "Chats" "Cut" versus "Whole" Sets- 

 Earthing up and Sunshine Cost of Cultivation, Profits, 

 &c. Potato Diseases The Common Potato Disease, or 

 Potato Blight Potato-leaf Curl Potato Scab Black Scab 

 or Warty Disease Winter Rot Insect Enemies Kinds 

 of Potatoes to Grow 131 



26. RADISHES General Radishes under Glass 155 



27. RHUBARB General Forcing Rhubarb - 158 



28. SEAKALE General Forced Seakale Natural Seakale - 160 



29. SHALLOT 162 



30. SPINACH General The New Zealand Spinach - - 163 



31. TOMATOES Introductory Tomatoes in the Channel Islands 

 Cultivation Sowing the Seed Potting Final Planting or 

 Potting Training Watering Defoliating Ventilation 

 Manures Winter Crops Outdoor Tomatoes Packing 

 Tomatoes for Market Saving Tomato Seed Diseases and 

 Pests Eelworms Wireworms Fungoid Diseases of 

 Tomatoes The Leaf Spot or Yellow Spot Black Stripe 

 or Black Rot The Sleepy Disease of Tomatoes Black 

 Blotch Market Varieties of Tomato - - 164 



32. TURNIPS - 181 



33. VEGETABLE MARROW - - 184 



SECTION XXXIII. SWEET HERBS AND SMALL SALADS 



Angelica Balm Basil, Sweet Borage Burne t Camomile Caper 

 Bush Capsicum Caraway Cardoon Chervil Chicory Chives 

 Clary Coriander Corn Salad or Lamb's Lettuce Cress 

 Dandelion Dill Egg Plants or Aubergines Fennel Garlic 

 Good King Henry Horehound Horse-radish Hyssop Liquorice 

 Marigold Marjoram Mint or Spearmint Mustard Nasturtium 

 or Indian Cress Orache or Mountain Spinach Purslane Rampion 



Rue Sage Salsafy or Vegetable Oyster Savory Scorzonera 



Sorrel Southernwood Tansy Tarragon Thyme Watercress 



Wood Sorrel Wormwood -186 



