CONTENTS 



I. VEGETABLE GROWING IN CALIFORNIA 7 



II. FARMER'S GARDENS IN CALIFORNIA 16 



III. CALIFORNIA'S CLIMATE AS RELATED TO VEGETABLE GROWING. . . 22 



IV. VEGETABLE SOILS OF CALIFORNIA 32 



V. GARDEN IRRIGATION 39 



VI. GARDEN DRAINAGE 61 



VII. CULTIVATION 66 



VIII. FERTILIZATION 76 



IX. GARDEN LOCATION AND ARRANGEMENT 85 



X. THE PLANTING SEASON 92 



XL PROPAGATION AND PLANTING 106 



XII. ARTICHOKES 120 



XIII. ASPARAGUS 125 



XIV. BEANS 133 



XV. BEET 149 



XVI. CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER, BROCCOLI, KALE, ETC 159 



XVII. CARROT, PARSNIP AND SALSIFY 172 



XVIII. CELERY 177 



XIX. CHICORY AND ENDIVE 184 



XX. CORN 187 



XXL CUCUMBER 194 



XXII. EGG PLANT 197 



XXIII. LETTUCE 199 



XXIV. MELONS : CANTALOUP AND WATERMELON 206 



XXV. ONION, LEEK, GARLIC, ETC 217 



XXVI. PEAS 229 



XXVII. PEPPERS 234 



XXVIII. POTATOES 239 



XXIX. RADISHES 253 



XXX. RHUBARB 256 



XXXI. SPINACH 260 



XXXII. SQUASHES 262 



XXXIII. TOMATO 265 



XXXIV. TURNIP 274 



XXXV. VEGETABLE SUNDRIES 276 



XXXVI. VEGETABES FOR CANNING AND DRYING 283 



XXXVII. SEED GROWING IN CALIFORNIA 292 



XXXVIII. GARDEN PROTECTION 298 



XXXIX. WEEDS IN CALIFORNIA 313 



INDEX 315 



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