CONTENTS Continued 



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XVII CULTURE OF FRUITS AND NUTS 224 



Recent advance in fruit and nut farming The 

 home fruit garden Varieties and care Enemies 

 Problems for investigation Ccmmercial citrus 

 orchards Varieties of citrus fruits The man- 

 agement of citrus orchards Picking, packing and 

 marketing Other important fruits of the South 

 and West Nut farming in the South and West 

 Topics for investigation Fruit and nut dem- 

 onstrations Club projects. 



XVIII THE TOMATO 242 



Importance of the tomato Varieties Raising 

 the crop Pruning and staking Harvesting and 

 marketing Problems and experiments Demon- 

 strations Play contests Clubs. 



XIX GARDEN AND ORCHARD SPRAYS 249 



Indispensable in successful gardening Bordeaux 

 mixture Use Lime-sulphur How made and 

 used Arsenate of lead Mixing and applying 

 Paris green Kerosene emulsion How made and 

 used Resin-lime mixture. 



XX HOME CANNING OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND SOUPS 258 

 The value of home canned products Methods of 

 canning Canning devices and equipment Mak- 

 ing of brines and sirups Useful tables Classi- 

 fication of fruits for canning Recipes for 

 canning fruits Classification -of vegetables for 

 canning Recipes Special recipes Home can- 

 ning of soups Canning of windfall apples, steril- 

 izing cider, making sirup out of windfall apples 

 Tinning, capping and soldering Home repair 

 work Rapid cooling of canned products. 



PART III. THE SOIL 



XXI NATURE OF SOIL 302 



Origin of soil Nature of soil Organic matter 



