12 CONTENTS 



15. Scale insects on fruit trees, and remedial applications . 81 



16. American blight, and methods of eradication .... 81 

 17- Gooseberry caterpillars and modes of destruction . . . 81 

 18. Answers to Questions 81 



LECTURE VI 



PLANTING VEGETABLES AND FRUITS 



1. Preparatory work essential to success 85 



2. Permanent crops and their requirements 85 



3. Asparagus, raising, planting, and routine management 85 



4. Profits of asparagus culture 87 



5. Seakale, propagation, planting and cultivation ... 88 



6. Simple method of blanching seakale 90 



7. Rhubarb, raising, cultivation, forcing and value ... 90 



8. Planting fruit trees 92 



9. Right and wrong methods displayed . 94 



10. Rudimentary pruning for forming trees 95 



11. Mulching or feeding the roots of trees and crops ... 95 



12. Use and abuse of water and liquid ma*nure 95 



13. Questions and Answers 96 



LECTURE YII 



PROFITABLE CULTURE GREEN CROPS AND SMALL FRUITS 



1. Useful fruit crops and the necessity for good manage- 



ment 98 



2. The adaptability of crops to differing soils 98 



3. The production and value of green vegetables, celery 



and lettuce 99 



4. Time and methods of raising plants 99 



5. Good and bad management 100 



6. Value of vegetable crops 101 



7. Double or combination cropping 102 



8. Small fruits, their usefulness and value 103 



9. Strawberries and raspberries culture and profits ... 103 



10. Currants and gooseberries their production and 



management 105 



11. Varieties of fruits 106 



12. Questions and Answers . , ,,.,., 107 





