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VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



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Pieplant 195 



Plowing 28 



subsoil 28 



Pollenizing flowers 59 



Potatoes 180 



cutting seed 182 



demand for 187 



digging 185 



diseases 189 



early planting 183 



insects 189 



main crop 184 



manuring 182 



origin 181 



pitting 185 



propagation, notes on 188 



"running out"' of 183 



sets or "seeds" 182 



soil 182 



starch 187 



varieties 187 



Pumpkins 193 



Radishes 193 



culture 194 



varieties 195 



Rhubarb 194 



culture 194 



propagation 194 



Ridging land 30 



Rotating crops 7 



Rotation of crops 11 



reasons for 11 



Rutabagas 211 



Sage 150 



Salsify 198 



culture 198 



Sauer kraut 122 



Seed 52 



changing 54 



curing 54 



germinating apparatus for 53 



stock 55 



storing 54 



testing 52 



vitality of 218 



Seed sowing 39 



depth 39 



time 40 



firming by feet 42 



Seedsmen's humbugs 55 



specialties 55 



Seed tables 218-219-220 



amount for acre 219 



longevity 218 



Seed tables— Page 



number of seeds in an ounce 217 



time to germinate 219 



weight of seeds 217 



Soils 5 



for early crops 6 



" late crops 6 



elements necessary 7 



elements lackingin 7 



Spinach 203 



culture 203 



varieties 204 



Squash 199 



cultivation 200 



harvesting 200 



pollenizing. flowers 199 



storing 201 



varieties 201-202 



Summer savory 148 



Strawberry tomato 209 



culture 209 



Subsoiiing 28 



Sweet basil 148 



Sweet marjoram 149 



Sweet potato 192 



Swiss chard 112 



Thinning plants 43 



Tillage, garden 26 



general 30 



Tomato 204 



cultivation 205 



diseases 208 



improvement 55 



insects 208 



propagation 205 



pruning, 

 saving seed . 



206 

 206 



in severe locations 206 



training ....206 



transplanting 205 



varieties 208 



Transplanting 44 



with tomato cans 47 



Turnip 210 



culture 210 



rutabaga 211 



varieties 211 



Varieties, development of 55 



Vitality of seeds ...220 



Vegetables, composition of 11 



Weeds 26 



cultivation to kill 26 



killing of .„*. .jM 



seeds in manure,^.. QX-^ffA&f 

 Weights of seeds.. „....*... fc*S^.217 



