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INDEX 



Potatoes Continued. 



soils 242 



sweet 248 



troubles 245 



varieties 247 



worms 307 



Production, distribution of 23 



Propagation 106 



cold frame Ill 



from seed 107 



hills for transplanting 117 



hot-bed 112 



hot box 113 



seed-boxes 110 



seedlings, handling 115 



warm heap 113 



watering 114 



Pumpkins 262 



Pumps, Chinese 43 



service of 43 



Rabbits, killing 310 



Radishes 253 



culture 253 



varieties 254 



Rainfall, occurrence of 45 



Raised beds 73 



Reservoir construction 45 



subterranean 48 



Rhubarb 256 



culture 256 



planting 257 



seedlings 256 



treatment 258 



varieties 259 



Ridge culture 52, 73 



Roselle 281 



Rutabaga 275 



Salsify 175 



Salting vegetables 287 



Sandy soil, improvements of 37 



Sea kale 281 



Seed beds 117 



Seed-boxes 110 



covering 114 



firming soil for 108 



mulching 72, 109 



Seed growing in California . . 292 



lettuce 294 



onion 293 



other seed 294 



preparation for market 296 



Seed, testing 106 



Seedlings, planting 116 



September, work for 95 



Shallot 228 



Soda, nitrate 84 



Soils, adobe 36 



alluvial 34 



deep not essential 32 



vegetable of California 32 



desirable characters of 33 



improvements of 35 



light soils preferred 32 



peat 35 



sediment 34 



Spinach 260 



culture 260 



New Zealand 261 



varieties 260 



Springtimes, two 22 



Square pod pea 282 



Squashes 262 



bugs 307 



culture x 263 



large 262 



varieties 264 



Squirrels 310 



Sub-irrigation 48 



Sugar beets 152 



Summer fallow 67 



Sweet potatoes 248 



culture 250 



harvesting 251 



growing plants 249 



planting 250 



storing 251 



varieties 252 



Swiss chard 151 



Tamale covers 192 



Tillage, early 67 



flat 74 



for absorption 67 



for retention 68, 70 



to release moisture 75 



with irrigation 72 



Tomato 265 



canning 284 



culture 270 



growing plants 267 



irrigation 270 



localities 265. 



paste 286 



planting out 269 



requirements 266 



varieties 271 



yield 271 



Trench irrigation 52 



Turnip 274 



culture 275 



varieties 275 



Udo 282 



Under drainage 63 



