CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Types of Vegetable Growing 1 



Market gardening — Truck growing or truck farming — 

 Growing vegetables for the cannery — Home vegetable 

 gardening. 



II. Soil and Location 9 



III. Factors Influencing the Quality of Vegetables 12 



IV. The Seed Supply 16 



The vitality of seeds. 



V. The Plant Food Supply 25 



Animal manures — Compost — Green manures — Commer- 

 cial fertilizers — Time and method of application — Quan- 

 tities of manure and fertilizer to use. 



VI. The Moisture Supply 35 



Sources of water supply — Irrigation — Conservation of 

 moisture. 



VII. The Temperature Factor 43 



Cool season crops — Warm season crops. 



VIII. Transplanting 48 



Methods of transplanting. 



IX. The Use of Glass in Vegetable Growing 58 



Construction of manure hotbeds — Construction of fire 

 hotbeds — Construction of coldframes — Care of plants 

 under glass. 



X. The Preparation of Soil for Planting 70 



XI. The Planting of Seeds 74 



Depth of planting — Distance of planting — Thickness of 

 seeding — Methods of sowing seeds. 



XII. Controlling Insects and Diseases That Attack Vege- 

 table Crops 83 



Spraying — Formulas for spray mixtures — General prin- 

 ciples of spraying. 



XIII. Classification of Vegetables 96 



XIV. Cool Season Crops That Quickly Reach Edible Maturity 98 



Spring Salads: Leaf lettuce — Garden cress — Corn salad. 



Spring Greens: Spinach — Mustard. 



Short season root crops: Radishes — Turnips — Kohlrabi — 



Rutabagas. 



Peas. 



XV. Transplanted Crops That Mature Before the Heat of 



Summer 114 



Head lettuce— Cos lettuce— Early cabbage— Early cauli- 

 flower. 



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