INDEX 



333 



Insect enemies of potatoes, 189 

 Insects and diseases that attack 

 vegetable crops, 83 

 chewing, 87 

 mechanical means of controlling, 



84 

 protection of eggplant from, 253 

 sucking, 88 

 Intensive cropping, combination of 

 two systems, 262 

 relative merits of different 



systems, 262 

 systems of, 260 

 Irrigated regions, planting celery in, 



137 

 Irrigating, methods of, 40 



onions, 37 

 Irrigation, 38 



of melons, 39 



old plan of, 37 



overhead, 37 



recent development in, 37 



Skinner system, 36, 37 



water, sources of, 39 



Jerusalem artichoke, 202 



Kale, 153, 154 



Kinds of vegetables for a city garden, 



272 

 Knife, asparagus, 198 

 Kohlrabi, 106, 108 

 as marketed, 287 



Laboratory work, chapter on sug- 

 gestions for, 324 

 Labor-saving methods, 268 

 Land for onions, 163 

 Large cities, consigning to, 298 

 Late cabbage, 124 



and similar crops, chapter 



on, 124 

 climatic requirements, 124 

 cauliflower, 128 

 Lead, arsenate of, 91 

 Leaf lettuce, culture, 98, 99 

 Leeks, 181, 182 



storage of, 310 

 Lettuce, cos, 117 

 forcing, 315 

 head, 114 



structure of, 114 

 houses, interior view, 314 

 leaf, 98 



ready for cutting, 316 

 screens for shading, 116 



Lettuce seedlings, flats of, 115 

 Lice, melon, 219 

 Lima beans, 207 



bush, 207 



dwarf, 209 



pole, 208 



temperature requirements 

 of, 207 

 Loading platform where cantaloupes 



are inspected, 301 

 Loads of vegetables, 296 

 Local market, advantages of, 2 



produce markets, 294 

 Location for garden, best, 10 

 Longevity of vegetable seeds, 22 



Manure, applying to melon hills, 

 32 



dressing asparagus with, 196, 198 



four-horse load of, 29 



hotbed, cross-section of, 63 



hotbeds, construction of, 60 



making heavy application, 33 



quantities to use, 33 



spreader in operation, 31 



time and method of application, 

 32 

 Manures, animal, 26 



compost, 26 



green, 27 

 Map of the United States indicating 

 certain vegetable-producing states, 

 321 

 Marker, sled, 80 

 Market garden near Boston, 2 



gardening, 1 



local, 2 



preparation of vegetables for, 284 

 Marketing, 278 



hothouse vegetables, 312 

 Markets, local, 294 



shipping to distant, 297 

 IVIarrow, vegetable, 238 

 Maturity of vegetables, relation to 



quality, 13 

 Mechanical means of controlling 



insects, 84 

 Meeker harrow, 164 

 Melon aphis, 219 



lice, 219 



preserving, 234 



rust, 229 

 Melons, baskets of, 286 



crates of, 293 



grades of, 290, 291 



grading, 289 



