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INDEX. 



Potatoes 316 



culture 320 



harvesting 322 



irrigation 321 



mulching 322 



season 318 



situations 317 



soils 319 



storing 322 



sweet 323 



varieties 323 



Propagation 155 



cold frame 162 



covering beds 166 



cuttings and layers... 168 



from seed 166 



hills for transplanting 169 



hot-bed 163 



hot box 164 



seed-boxes 141 



seedlings, handling 167 



warm heap 165 



watering in 165 



Pumpkins 337 



Pumps, Chinese 52 



service of 52 



Radishes 328 



culture 328 



varieties 329 



Rainfall, occurrence of 35 



Raised beds 92 



Reservoir construction ... .49, 55 



subterranean 51, 56 



Rhubarb 331 



culture 331 



planting 332 



seedlings 332 



treatment : 332 



varieties 334 



Ridge culture 65, 91 



Roselle 359 



Rutabaga 351 



Salsify 237, 243 



culture 243 



varieties 243 



Sandy soil, improvement of . . 46 



Sea kale 360 



Seed-boxes 161 



covering 157 



firming soil for 158 



mulching 159 



planting conditions of 158 



Seed growing in California. .120 



lettuce 124 



onion 123 



other seed 123, 126 



preparation for market 127 



Seedlings, planting 168 



September, work for 142 



Shallot 303 



Soils, adobe 44 



alluvial 42 



deep not essential 46 



vegetable of California 37 



desirable characters of.. 38, 40 



improvement of 44, 45, 46 



light soils preferred 38 



peat 42 



sediment 42 



Soy bean 360 



Spinach 335 



culture 335 



New Zealand 336 



varieties 336 



Square pod pea 360 



Squashes 337 



culture 340 



large 337 



varieties 341 



Squirrels 112 



Sub-irrigation 69 



Summer fallow 82 



Sweet potatoes 323 



culture 324 



harvesting 326 



growing plants 324 



planting 325 



storing 326 



varieties . 327 



Trench irrigation 70 



Tillage, early 87 



flat 93 



for absorption 82 



for retention 84 



to release moisture 94 



with irrigation 90 



Tomato 343 



canning 17 



culture 344, 347 



growing plants 344 



irrigation 348 



localities 343 



planting out 347 



requirements 343 



varieties 349 



yield 349 



