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INDEX 



Paris green, amount to use, 91, 93; 

 for grasshoppers, 91; for celery 

 looper, 93. 



Peas, garden, 11, 



Peat bogs, 4. 



Perfection heartwell variety, 126. 



Peruvian guano, 23. 



Phlyctaenia ferrugalis, 91. 



Phosphoric acid, 22, 28, 29, 30, 

 32, 33. 



Phorphorous, sources of, 18. 



Phyllosficta apii, 81. 



Pink plume variety, 128. 



Pithiness of celery, 87, 88, 89. 



Plant foods, 16. 



Planting in the open ground, 43-53; 

 dates of, 50, 52; depth of, 55; dis- 

 tances apart, 56, 58; in solid beds, 

 58, 59; table of planting dis- 

 tances 58. 



Plants, lifting from seed-bed, 52; 

 packing for shipment, 53. 



Pleasure in celery growing, 134. 



Plow, heavy breaking, 8; subsoil- 

 ing, 9. 



Plowing, depth of, 8, 9; time for, 

 10, 11. 



Plusia simplex, 93. 



Potassium, sources of, 18. 



Poultry injurious to celery, 94. 



Preparation of seed-beds, 36, 42, 

 43, 44. 



Preparing for planting, 13. 



Preparing land for celery, 8. 



Prices, average, 131. 



Production of plants, 35-51. 



Production of seed, 132. 



Profits derived from celery cv:l- 

 ture, 131. 



Protecting plants in seed-bed, 45. 



Psila rosea, 93. 



Puccinia btillata, 82. 



Puddling, 59. 



Pumping water for irrigation, 66. 



Returns from one acre, 131. 



Root-knot of celery, 82. 



Roots, character of, 47; depth of, 

 61 ; effect of transplanting up- 

 on, 47. 

 Rose-ribbed Golden Self-blanching 



variety, 126. 

 Rotation on celery land, 27. 

 Rust of celery, 82. 



Salt as a fertilizer, 19, 20. 



Sandy loams, 4. 



Sanitary precautions in handling 



celery, 122. 

 Sash, for covering hotbeds, 40. 

 Sawgrass marshes of Florida, 4. 

 Schumacher variety, 126. 

 Sectional roller, 9, 10. 

 Seed-bed, indoor, 36; outdoor, 45. 

 Seed, European grown, 35; method 



of growing, 132; vitality of, 35. 

 Septoria petroselini var. apii, 80. 

 Sewage as a fertilizer, 23. 

 Shading for plant beds, 46. 

 Shipping in the rough, 112. 

 Skinner system of irrigating, 71, 



72, 73. 

 Snow white variety, 126. 

 Soils adapted to celery growing, 4. 

 Solubility of fertilizers, 32, 33. 

 Sowing in drills, 37, 44. 

 Spraying machines, 86. 

 Spraying mixtures, 83, 84, 85. 

 Spraying, time for and frequency 



of, 83-86. 

 Spring crops on celery land, 12. 

 Spring-tooth harrow, 9. 

 Sprinkler system of irrigating, 69, 



72. 

 Stable manure, 20. 

 Sterilization of soils, 42. 

 Storage, 104-108; in celery house, 



108; in cellars, 107; in pits, 106; 



temperature of storage houses, 



111; ventilation of, 104. 

 Subsoiling, 9. 



Sulphate of ammonia, 17, 29, 30, 32. 

 Sun-scald, 21. 

 Tankage, 17, 32. 

 Tarnished plant bug, 92. 

 Temperature of storage houses. 111. 

 Temperature of water for irriga- 

 tion, 76. 

 Tile drainage, 7. 

 Tillage, 61-64. 

 Time for planting, 50. 

 Time for plowing, 10, 11. 

 Time for sowing seed, 50. 

 Time required to produce a crop, 50. 

 Tobacco stems, 33. 

 Tools for cultivation, 62, 63. 

 Transplanting, 47. 

 Transplanting machines, 56. 



