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INDEX. 



Chicory 



culture 



drying and roasting 



harvesting and curing 



soil 



yield and value 



Chives 



Ciboule 



Climate of California 28, 



coast valleys 



early regions 



frostless places 



interior lowlands 



mountain valleys 



plains and foothills 



thermal belts 30 ; 



Cloth for covering beds, etc. . 



Cloudiness and sunshine 



Cold frame, the 



Collards 221, 



Corn 



culture 



ensilage 



locations 



planting 



soil 



varieties 



Corn salad 



Cress 



Cucumbers 



culture 



locations for 



varieties 



Cultivation (see tillage) 



flat 



garden 



summer 87, 136, 



Cuttings and layers 



Dandelion 



December, work for. . . . 



Ditches, irrigation 



Drainage in California . 



benefits of 



conditions demanding 



not always necessary. 



surface 



under drainage 



with irrigation 



Drying vegetables 



Earliest regions 



Egg plant 



culture 



locations for , 

 varieties . 



255 

 256 

 257 

 256 

 256 

 256 

 303 

 303 

 128 

 29 

 32 

 36 

 30 

 33 

 32 

 32 

 166 

 34 

 162 

 235 

 259 

 263 

 264 

 259 

 260 

 260 

 264 

 355 

 356 

 266 

 267 

 266 

 269 

 82 

 . 93 

 . 88 

 138 

 ,168 



,356 

 ,143 



, 68 

 , 74 

 , 75 

 , 77 

 . 76 

 , 76 

 , 77 

 79 

 . 17 



, 36 

 270 

 ,271 

 270 

 ,271 



Endive 257 



Engines, gasoline 52 



steam 52 



Farm gardens 20 



benefits of 23 



economics of 23 



profitable 24 



programmes 153 



social advantages of 25 



February, work for 143 



Fences 131 



Fertilizers in California 96 



Forcing in California 155 



Frostless places 36 



Frost, effects on vegetables... 



36, 151 



occurrences of 147 



protection 107 



Fungi, remedies for Ill 



Furrow irrigation 67 



Garden, arrangement 129 



calendar 140 



drainage 74 



essentials to success in .... 20 



horse work in 131 



insects 107 



location of 129 



place in mixed farming. ... 26 



practice, diversity in 17 



protection 104 



succession and rotation. . . . 



. 133, 140, 152 



unirrigated 47 



weeds 116 



winds and frosts 106 



work seasonable 138 



arlic 302 



Germination, conditions for.. 157 



Gherkin 356 



ophers 113 



Gumbo 358 



Hilling 93 



Hillside irrigation 68 



Hills, transplanting 169 



Hoe in California 89 



Horse radisn 



Horse work, arrangement for.131 



Hot-bed, the 163 



Hot box, the 164 



Hydraulic rams 54 



[nsects, remedies for 107 



Irrigation, garden 47 



advantages of 47 



