xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



120. Budding 186 



121. Grafting Exercise 187 



122. Luther Burbank 191 



123. Variation in Plant Breeding 193 



124. Corn Bagged 195 



125. Prize Corn 196 



126. Tomatoes -197 



127. Niagara Grapes 199 



128. Improved Blackberry 200 



129. Blackberry Field 201 



130. Improved Crab Apple 203 



131. Compound Microscope 209 



132. Bacteria 210 



133. Plum Rot 210 



134. Peach Rot 211 



135. Shot-Hole Fungus on Apple Leaves 212 



136. Anthracnose on Bean Pod 213 



137. Potato Blight 214 



138. Clean and Smutted Oats 215 



139. Corn Smut 216 



140. Black Knot on Plum Twigs 217 



141. A Wood-Destroying Fungus 217 



142. A Farm Garden 221 



143. Handy Garden Tools 222 



144. Asparagus Plot 222 



145. Bush Beans Ready to Cover 223 



146. Hill of Sweet Corn 223 



147. Bantam Sweet Corn 224 



148. Bean Plant 226 



149. Making a Hot-Bed 227 



150. A Bean Project 227 



151. Celery 228 



152. Kitchen Canning 231 



153. Home Canning Outfit 232 



154. Yeast . 233 



155. Molds 233 



156. Dried Corn 234 



157. Canned Corn 235 



158. Dried Peaches 236 



159. Dried Apricots 237 



160. Dried Apples 238 



161. Meeting of a Tomato Canning Club 240 



