CONTENTS. xiii 



CUCUMBER PAGE 



Training 188 



Bearing Age 189 



Varieties 190 



Origin of this Type of Cucumber 192 



Pollination Ill-shaped Fruits 195 



Crosses 199 



Enemies 200 



The White Spine Type of Cucumber 201 



CHAPTER XI. 



MUSKMELON 2O4 tO 224 



The House 205 



The Soil 207 



Sowing and Transplanting 210 



Training 211 



Pollinating 214 



Varieties 215 



Yields and Markets 220 



Insects and Diseases . 221 



CHAPTER XII. 



MISCELLANEOUS WARM PLANTS 225 to 244 



Bean 225 



Eggplant 228 



Pepper, or Capsicum 238 



Cyphomandra 241 



CHAPTER XIII. 



SUMMARIES OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE VARIOUS 

 CROPS 245 to 259 



INDEX 260 



