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cultivating, the yield per acre, the market price of onions, and estimate 

 the profits that may be realized on five acres of onions. 



3. Which is the most profitable, five acres of onions or five acres of 

 cabbage ? Prove your statement. 



4. Estimate the cost of growing ten acres of tomatoes and the profits 

 that may be expected. 



5. Which will be the niost profitable, five acres of muskmelons or five 

 acres of watermelons ? Why ? 



6. Estimate the profit in five acres of beans. 



7. Which is the best investment, ten acres of turnips or ten acres of beets ? 

 Why? 



QUESTIONS 



1. What does the word horticulture mean ? 



2. Give the divisions of horticulture. 



3. What is vegetable gardening? 



4. Discuss (a) home gardening, (6) market gardening. 



5. Name the causes that make truck farming profitable. 



6. Discuss the hotbed and its advantages. 



7. Describe the cold frame and its uses. 



8. Discuss the cultivation of (a) lettuce, (6) spinach. 



9. How should onions be planted and what varieties are grown in your 

 locality ? 



10. Discuss celery and its cultivation. 



11. Discuss the growing and marketing of cabbage. 



12. Give a brief mention of the early history of cabbage. 



13. Discuss the history and cultivation of asparagus. 



14. Tell what you can of tomato culture. 

 .15. Discuss (a) the eggplant, (6) cucumbers. 



16. Discuss the cultivation of melons. 



17. What can you say of the growing of muskmelons ? 



18. Discuss (a) pumpkins, (6) squash. 



19. Discuss the cultivation of (a) peas, (6) beans. 



20. Give a brief mention of (a) okra, (6) pepper. 



REFERENCES 



Ten Acres Enough, Isaac Roberts. 



Gardening for Profit, Peter Henderson. 



Money in the Garden, P. T. Quinn. 



Market Gardening and Farm Notes, Burnett Landreth. 



Tomato Culture, Will W. Tracey. 



Bean Culture, Glenn C. Sevey. 



Celery Culture, W. R. Beattie. 



Cabbage and Cauliflower, C. L. Allen. 



The New Rhubarb Culture, J. E. Morse. 



