CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXXII. Lettuce ...................................... :>>:'> 



Culture of frame lettuce in the South. Lettuce in the open ground. 



The manurial requirements of lettuce. Varieties of lettuce. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. Melons ..................................... 228 



Muskmelons. Watermelons. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. Onions .................................. .... 231 



Growing the sets. Early green onions in the South. The general 

 crop of onions. Varieties for keeping. Another method of growing 

 onions. Fertilizers for the onion crop. 



CHAPTER XXXV. English, or Garden, Peas ........................ 23? 



CHAPTER XXXVI. Irish Potaotes ................................ 238 



Soils for the potato crop. Manurial requirements of the potato. 

 Potatoes as a field crop in the North. Cultivation. Early potatoes 

 in the South. Fertilizing the Southern early crop. Growing seed 

 potatoes in the South. Potatoes in the home garden. Varieties of 

 potatoes. Do potatoes run out? Some Station investigations of 

 Pcctato culture and manuring. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. Sweet Potatoes ..... . ........................ 25S 



Manuring for the sweet potato crop. Growing the plants. Cultiva- 

 tion of the sweet potato. Planting the late crop in the South. Har- 

 vesting sweet potatoes. Keeping sweet potatoes in winter. Con- 

 struction of a potato house. Sweet potatoes North and South. Varie- 

 ties of the sweet potatoes. Evaporating sweet potatoes. Yields of 

 sweet potatoes from large and small tubers. 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. Tomatoes .................................. 264 



Growing the plants. Fertilizing the tomato crop. The field crop 

 of tomatoes. Southern blight. Varieties of tomatoes. Forcing 

 tomatoes in winter. Shall tomatoes be pruned in the open 

 ground. The forcing house for tomatoes. Commercial fertilizers in 

 tomato forcing. Further reports on chemical fertilizers in forcing 

 tomatoes. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. Some Special Formulas for Truck Crops ...... .281 



For celery. For Irish potatoes. For beets and lettuce. For cab 

 bages, cauliflowers, cucumbers and melons. For spinach. For 

 radishes and turnips. For asparagus. For egg plants and tomatoes. 



For onions. For sweet potatoes. For beans and peas. 



CHAPTER XL. Some Station Investigations of Fertilizers ............ 284 



Rhode Island potato formulas. Proposed formula for oniuns. Rhode 

 Island formula for general purposes. A compost with hen manure. 

 Formula for corn on a sandy soil. Formula for millet and Hun- 

 garian. Formula for barley. Formula for spinach, lettuce, etc. 

 Chemical action of lime. Biorchemical effects or lime. When to 

 apply lime. Improvement of worn lands. 



