INDEX 



337 



Short season root crops, 103 



Sieve, soil, 73 



Size of onion sets, 175 



of seed, in relation to depth of 

 planting, 76 



of watermelons, 233 

 Skimmer system of irrigation, 37 

 Sled marker, 80 

 Slicing cucumber, 235 

 Small cities, express shipments to, 



297 

 Soil and location, chapter on, 9 



clay, 10 



firming about roots, 51 



for asparagus, 195 



for celery, 133 



for cucumbers, 236 



for muskmelons, 220 



for parsnips, 147 



for potatoes, 187 



influence on vegetable growing, 4 



preparation, 271 

 for planting, 70 



preparing for planting seeds in 

 flats or boxes, 72 



sandy, 9 



sieve, 73 



type and condition in relation of 

 depth of planting, 76 



when in workable condition, 70 

 Soils suitable for gardening, 11 

 Sources of irrigation water, 39 



of nitrogen, 30 



of i)lant food, 25 



of potassium, 31 



of water supply, 35 

 Sowing onion seed, 164 



seeds, methods of, 81 

 Space for tillage, 77 

 Spanish salsify, 148, 149 

 Spike-tooth harrow, 72 

 Spinach, 101 



method of harvesting, 102 



New Zealand, 155, 156 



spring and fall-sown crops con- 

 trasted, 102 



typical plant, 101 

 Spray materials, methods of applying, 

 92 



mixtures, formulas for, 90 

 Sprayer, compressed air knapsack, 92 



geared-power, 94 



potato, 190 

 Spraying, 86 



eggplants, 93 



general principles of, 92 



Spraying muskmelons, 94 



timeliness in, 94 

 Spring greens, 101 

 radishes, 103 

 salads, 98 

 Squash bug, 88 



bush form of summer, 237 

 Cushaw, 238 

 Perfect Gem, 239 

 winter crookneck, 239 

 winter, 238 

 Squashes, 237 

 culture, 240 

 storage of, 311 

 types of, 237 

 Staked tomatoes, row of, 247 

 Staking tomatoes, 246 

 "Standard" varieties, 14 

 Standards of germination, 22 

 Storage, conditions essential to suc- 

 cessful, 305 

 house for sweet potatoes, 307 



onion, 171 

 houses, vegetable, 306 

 in small quantities for home use, 



308 

 of Brussels sprouts, 310 

 of cabbage, 308 

 of celery, 309 

 of leeks, 310 

 of onions, 311 

 of pumpkins, 311 

 of root crops, 308 

 of squashes, 311 

 of sweet potatoes, 311 

 of vegetables for winter use, 



chapter on, 304 

 time of planting vegetables for, 

 304 

 "Straw potatoes," 189 

 String beans, 205 



dwarf, 206 

 pole, 206 



two classes of, 205 

 Striped cucumber beetles, 217 

 Strychnine for poisoning field mice, 



223 

 Suburban garden, 269 

 plan of, 270 

 tillage in, 271 

 Succession cropping, 261 

 Suckers, propagation of artichoke by, 



202 

 Sucking insects, 88 

 Sugar corn, 212 

 peas, 112 



