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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Examples of plant improvement. 107 



Fanmill 7 



Fermentation 8 



Forms of contracts 10, 116 



Freesia 98 



Galanthus 99 



Gladiolus 99 



Goodrich, Reverend Chauncey E. 77 



Grower's Prices 11 



Harvesting Crops 6 



Herb and Flower Seeds 93 



HorseRadish 56 



Hyacinth 99 



Insects in seeds 73 



Introductory 5 



Iris 101 



Kale 25 



' ' Threshing, cleaning 26 



" Varieties 157 



Keeping seeds 140 



Killing weevil and insects in 



seeds 74 



KohlRabi 56 



Varieties 158 



Labeling 9 



Leek . 67 



" Varieties 158 



Lettuce 68 



" Stock seeds 59 



" Threshing 59 



11 Varieties Cabbage- 

 leaved. .. 159 



" " Cos-leaved . . 163 



" " Cut-leaved . 162 



Lily 101 



Lily of the Valley 98 



Madeira Vine 101 



Market condition 9 



Market status, 14, 15, 18, 24, 26, 27, 

 28, 84. 37, 39, 41. 43, 45, 51, 55, 56, 

 57, 58, 59, 60, 65, 68, 70, 71, 72, 76, 

 80,81,83,84,85,89,91,94 



Melon 60 



41 Extracting and cleaning. . 60 



" Fermentation 60 



14 Stock seeds 60 



44 Varieties Musk Melon ... 163 



" 4 ' Water Melon.. 165 



Methods for keeping seeds . 140 



44 " improving varieties . 105 



Mowing machine 72 



Mushroom spawn 61 



Mustard 62 



Varieties 168 



Naming new varieties 115 



Number of seeds in an ounce 187 



Okra 62 



14 Varieties 168 



Onion ' 63 



Varieties 168 



44 Sets 65 



44 " Cleaning 67 



" 4 ' Harvesting 66 



" 41 Storing 67 



Originating new varieties 103 



Parsley 69 



" Varieties 170 



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Parsnip 70 



" Varieties 170 



Pea 71 



Threshing, cleaning 72 



Varieties Dwarf Early 171 



" Extra Early 170 



44 Medium Early . . . 172 



44 Late 174 



41 " Sugar 175 



14 Weevil 73 



Peony 101 



Pepper.... 75 



" Stock seeds 76 



44 Varieties 175 



Pepper Grass 45 



Varieties 155 



Periods for vegetable seeds to 



germinate 134 



Plant breeding among the 



ancients 112 



Possibilities in plant breeding ... 103 



Potato 77 



Early Rose 77 



44 Second crop for seed 78 



Production of a new variety 105 



Pumpkin 79 



44 Extracting, harvesting, 



cleaning 79 



Varieties 177 



Qualities requisite for success in 



plant breeding 104 



Radish 80 



41 Stock seeds 81 



41 Varieties Early 178 



11 . 4I Summer 179 



" " Winter 180 



Richardia... 102 



Rhubarb 82 



Varieties 180 



Varieties 180 



Scorzonera 181 



Second-crop seed potatoes 78 



Seed Cleaner 7 



Seed-saving methods 13 



Selection 106 



Snow Drop 99 



Sorrel 181 



Spinach 84 



44 Varieties 181 



Squash 85 



Varieties-Fall 1*2 



" " Summer 181 



Stimulus for production of new 



varieties 104 



Stock seeds 6 



Store-house 6 



Suggestions to beginners 5 



Synonyms 10, 142 



Testing seeds 139 



Threshing 7 



Threshing cloth 7 



Threshing machine 7, 17 



Tiger Flower 102 



Tigridia 102 



Time of maturity 11, 131, 334 



Tomato 86 



