IXDEX 



339 



Transplanting, methods of, 55 



muskmelons, 225, 226 



onions, 174 



precautions for successful, 125 



principle of successful, 49 



reasons for, 48 



removing tops preparatory to, 

 54 



tillage following, 52 



tomatoes, 245, 246 



watering when, 53 

 Trap crops, 84 

 Tree onions, 180 

 Trenches, planting celery in, 136 

 Trial grounds, seedsmen's, 21 

 Troubles, greenhouse, 314 

 Trowel, 56 

 Truck crops, rotations including, 45 



farming, 3 

 Truck-growing, 3 



as an adjunct to general farming, 4 

 Trucking, 3 

 Turnip, 107 

 Turnip-rooted celery, 141 



cultiu-e, 142 

 Turnips, 105 



fall crop of, 106 



spring, 106 

 Types of onions, 172 



of squashes, 237 



of sweet potatoes, 258 



of vegetable growing, chapteron, 1 



Unplanted land, treatment of, to 



conserve moisture, 71 

 Upland cress, 159 

 Vse of glass in vegetable growing, 



chapter on, 58 



Value of vegetable crops in the United 



^ States, 322 

 Varieties of tomatoes, adaptation of, 

 248 

 of vegetables for the home garden, 



274 

 standard, 14 

 Variety factor, the, 14 

 Vegetable boxes, load of, 285 



garden, diagram of farmer's, 266 



Vegetable growing, home, 6 

 use of glass in, 58 



marrow, 238, 240 



oyster, 148 



storage houses, 306 

 Vegetables, care of between harvest- 

 ing and marketing, 279 



chemical composition of, 327 



for a city garden, 272 



for the cannery, 5 



freshness of, 12 



hardy, 43 



preparation for market, 284 



tender, 43 



varieties for the home garden, 

 274 

 Ventilation, object of, 67 

 Village garden, 269 

 Vine crops, chapter on, 217 

 Vitahty of seeds, 21 



Warm season crops, 45 



classified, 97 

 that require transplant- 

 ing, chapter on, 244 

 Washing vegetables, 286 

 Water for celery, 133 



sources of irrigation, 39 



supply in humid regions, 35 

 sources of, 35 

 Watering plants under glass, 68 



when transplanting, 53 

 Watermelon plants in veneer dirt 



band, 53 

 Watermelons, 231 



cultivation of, 232 



for home use, 234 



preparations for planting, 231 



size of, 233 

 Wax beans, 205 

 Weeding onions, 166 

 Weevils in seed peas or beans, 85 

 WTieel hoe, 166 

 White hellebore, 92 

 Wilt of tomatoes, 250 

 Winter protection of artichokes. 201 



radishes, 104 

 Worms, cabbage, 126 



