10 CONTENTS 



TnAi'THR XIJ. Frauds in Fertilizers 298 



The man v/ith a secret. 



CHAPTER XLI.L. The Strawberry as a Field Crop 30(5 



Manurial requirements of the strawberry. Fertilizer formula for the 

 strawberry. Forcing the strawberry. 



CHAPTER XLIII. Blackberries and Kaspberries 310 



Blackberries and raspberries. Manurial needs of black and raspber- 

 ries.; Propagating the plants. 



CHAPTER XLIV. Fertilizers in the Vineyard and Orchard 313 



Feeding the apple orchard. Planting an apple orchard. Starting the 

 trees. Cultivating and cropping the orchard. Analysis of the apple 

 tree and its products. 



CHAPTER XLV. The Pear 320 



Feeding the pear. 



CHAPTER XLVI. Peaches, Plums and Cherries 325 



Planting- a peach orchard. Feeding the peach. The plum. Cherries. 



CHAPTER XLVIL The Grape 333 



Propagation of the grape. 



CHAPTER XLVIIL Gardening Under Glass 336 



Winter lettuce. Lettuce in cold frames. Making the frames. Soil 

 and planting. Cauliflower and lettuce combined. Radishes and beets 

 in frames. Cold frame culture in more northern sections. Frame 

 culture of winter flowers in frames. Frames for the commercial 

 florist in the South. Propagating tender roses in the South. Prop- 

 agating hardy roses in frames North. Asparagus in cold frames. 

 Strawberries in frames. Importance of water in intensive garden- 

 ing. Hotbeds. The forcing house. 



CHAPTER XLIX. Some General Conclusions 36*2 



Appendix 373 



Useful tables. Constituents of forage plants per acre. Ashes. 

 Percentage of the availability of the different forms of nitrogen. 

 What crops remove from the soil. Analysis of the fertilizer and 

 fertilizer materials. Amount and value of manure produced by dif- 

 ferent farm animals. Food constituents of different parts of the 

 peanut plant. 



