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Temperature affecting seed vitality 1 8 



Temperature for forcing melons. . 62 



Testing the seed 20 



The forcing house 62 



The function of root hairs 12 



The melon aphis 72 



The melon caterpillar 77 



The pickle worm 76 



The seed 18 



The soil 63 



1 he soil for forcing melons 63 



The soil: Nature's chemical labo- 

 ratory 12 



The squash bug 74 



The squash lady-bird 75 



The striped beetle 68 



The 12-spotted melon beetle 72 



Tile drainage: how it acts upon the 



soil 10 



Training the plants in the forcing 



house . . .64 



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 Transplanting: distance apart for 



each kind 41 



Trap crops as a protection against 



insects 71, 75 



Varieties for forcing 65 



Varieties for outdoor culture 92 



Vitality of seeds affected by various 



causes 18 



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Watering the hotbeds 39 



Watermelons 6 



Wheat bran and paris green for 



grasshoppers 78 



White fly in the forcing house .... 66 

 Winter melons see variety In- 

 odorous . . 5 



Yields per acre 59 



