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Contents 



Miscellaneous Crops Asparagus Rhubarb 



Sweet corn Okra 300-306 



Condimental or Sweet Herbs 306-307 



CHAPTER XVI 



ORCHARD FRUITS AND BERRIES 308-331 



Fruit Crops differ from General Farm Crops . . 308-309 

 The Specific Functions of the Essential Fertilizing 



Constituents 310 



The Character of Soil an Important Consideration . 311-312 



The General Character of the Fertilizing . . . 312-313 



The Application of Fertilizers for Fruits ... 314 

 The Fertilizing of Apples and Pears The amounts 



to be applied 314-318 



Peaches The need of fertilizers Methods of fer- 

 tilizing . 318-325 



Plums, Cherries, and Apricots ..... 325 



Citrous Fruits 325-326 



Small Fruits Strawberries Raspberries and 



blackberries Currants and gooseberries Cranberries 326-330 



Grapes , , 330 



CHAPTER XVII 

 FERTILIZERS FOR VARIOUS SPECIAL CROPS . 



332-357 



Cotton Fertilizers for cotton Formulas for cotton 

 fertilizers Method of application .... 332-338 



Tobacco The influence of fertilizers on the quality 

 of the crop The conclusions from Connecticut experi- 

 ments Form of the constituents Amounts to apply 338-343 



Sugar-beets The demands of the crop for plant-food 



The influence of previous deep cultivation of soil . 343-346 

 Sugar-cane The needs of the plant as indicated by 



the Louisiana experiments The application of fertilizers 347-350 



Hops 350-351 



Flax 351 



Miscellaneous Crops Sorghum Buckwheat Pea- 

 nut Roses, and other flowering plants Lawn grasses 



Forcing house crops 351-357 



