ILLUSTRATIONS xi 



81. Celery Plants in Coldframe 136 



82. Blanching Early Celery with Boards 137 



83. Late Celery Banked with Earth for Blanching 138 



84. Earth-blanched Celery as Dug from the Field 139 



85. Bed of ''New Celery Culture" Celery 140 



86. "New Celery Culture" Celery ready to Harvest 140 



87. Celeriac or Tiu-nip-rooted Celery 141 



88. Young Beets Pulled for Early Use 145 



89. Carrots of Three Types 146 



90. Well-grown Specimens of Parsnip 147 



91. Bunch of Salsify Roots ready for Market 149 



92. Scolymus or Spanish Salsify 149 



93. Sw^ss Chard 153 



94. Kale 154 



95. Collard Plant at Stage of Development when the Entire Plant 



(except the Root) Might be Used 155 



96. Edible Tips of New Zealand Spinach 156 



97. Parsley Plants in Six-inch Pots 157 



98. Well-growTi Parsley under Field Conditions 158 



99. Endive ready for Market 159 



100. A Well-cured Sample of Dry or Ripe Onions 163 



101. Meeker Harrow 164 



102. Tools Used in Onion Culture 165 



103. Single-wheel Hoe 166 



104. Results of Thinning Onions 167 



105. Good and Poor Onions Shortly before Harvest 167 



106. Properly and Improperly Ripened Onions 168 



107. Onion Harvesting Attachment for Wheel Hoe 169 



108. Onion Starting into Growth soon after Harvest 170 



109. Onion Curing Shed and Storage House 171 



110. Onion Sets 175 



111. Onions from Sets and Seed 176 



112. Harv^esting Onion Sets 178 



113. Onion Sets Curing in Field 179 



114. Good Sample of Leeks 182 



115. Garlic Bulbs 183 



116. Potato Planter in Operation 188 



117. Six-row Potato Sprayer in Operation 190 



118. Potato Digger in Operation 191 



119. Bunch of Palmetto Asparagus ready for Market 194 



120. Asparagus Root 196 



121. Thrifty Asparagus Plantation in Midsummer 197 



122. One Form of Knife Used in Cutting Asparagus 198 



123. Rhubarb Plantation 200 



124. Flower Bud of Globe Artichoke 202 



