INDEX 



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Onion, diseases 406 



fertilizing 387 



foreign types 383 



growing from sets 392 



growing sets 402 



harvesting 396 



history 380 



importance 380 



insects 405 



irrigation 395 



marketing 400 



picklers, growing 404 



returns 400 



seed 385 



seed and sets required 495 



soil 384 



soil preparation 386 



sowing in field 389 



storing 397 



transplanting 390 



varieties 381. 382 



yields 400 



Orangeburg series 21 



Organizations 188 



Pacific Coast 24 



Packing 166 



Paper pots 160 



Paris green 88 



Parsley 406 



Parsley, seed required 495 



Parsnip 407 



Parsnip, companion crop.. 479, 480, 487 



Patapsco Neck 51 



Pea, climatic requirements 410 



companion crop.... 479, 484, 485, 486 



composition 409 



enemies .'. .' . . . 413 



fertilizing 411 



harvesting 413 



history 408 



importance 408 



marketing 413 



planting 412 



seed required 495 



soil 411 



supporting 412 



varieties 409, 410 



Peach, companion crop 486 



Pepper, climatic requirements 414 



fertilizing 416 



harvesting 416 



history 414 



importance 414 



marketing 416 



planting "..... 416 



seed 415 



seed required 495 



soil 414 



starting early plants 415 



varieties 414, 415 



Peppers 75 



Perennial vegetables 199, 200 



Phosphoric acid, use 62 



Piece work 9 



Piedmont plateau 23 



Pits 194 



Plank drag 32 



Plant boxes ..,,..-- 152 



Plowing 



Potash, use 



Potato 



Potato, companion crop 



Potherbs 198, 



Pots 



Prices 



Profits 



Pulse crops 



Pumpkin 



Radish, climatic requirements 



companion crop. .. .477, 478, 479, 

 480, 481, 



fertilizing 



history 



importance 



marketing 



planting 



seed required 



soil 



varieties 417, 



Raspberry, companion crop 



Red clover 



Retailing 



Rhubarb, climatic requirements.... 



cultivation 



fertilizing 



history 



importance 



marketing 



planting 



propagation 



seed required 



soil 



River flood plains 



Roads 



Root crops '..'./ 



Rutabaga 



Rye 



Sage 



Salad crops 198, 



Salsify 



Salsify, companion crop 



seed required . > 



Sand, advantages 



Sash 



Sassafras series 



Savory 



Seed bed, shading 



Seeds 



Seeds, breeding 



buying 



change 



cleaning 



commercial growing 



curing 



growing 



growing at home 



guarantees 



harvesting 



importance of good seed 



longevity 



number in an ounce 



old versus new 



per cent, germinating 



preservation 



quantity required for acre 



selection 



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