FOREWORD 



This book is prepared primarily for those practical 

 lovers of Nature who wish to add to the world's great 

 store house more vegetables and fruits. 



There have been several books written on the scien- 

 tific treatment of the vegetable and fruit gardens and 

 also the large commercial tracts of land devoted to the 

 production of these crops for market. This book is con- 

 structed with the view of aiding the home gardeners in 

 the fundamental principles involved in growing a few 

 varieties of vegetables and choice fruits. The scientific 

 principles, as far as they may be applied in a practical 

 way to a small garden, have by no means been left out, 

 but they have been put in a language that is not technical. 



The general advice is applicable in any section but 

 the dates of putting these principles into operation vary 

 according to the latitude and altitude of your section of 

 the country. The gardener must also be governed by 

 the variation in seasons. All the problems that may 

 confront several gardeners who may live as neighbors 

 cannot be considered in a single book or any number of 

 books. Each individual gardener must try out the soil, 

 seed and methods advised and carefully consider the 

 results, then formulate rules for himself individually 

 to follow. 



The cultural requirements, the more common insects 

 and diseases, with the latest method of their control, 



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