INDEX 



469 



Onions, classes, 308-309 



field crop at the North, 310-318 



cultivation, 315 



harvesting, 316 



planting, 313 



preparation of the soil, 311 



pulling, 316 



seed, 312 



drill, illustrated, 313 



seedlings for transplanting, il- 

 lustrated, 314 



soil, 310 



storage house, 88 



storing and freezing, 317 



storing in frost-proof houses, 

 3i8 



topping, 317 



field crop (Bermuda) at the South, 

 318-320 



cultivation, 319 



growing, 318 



marketing, 320 



seed, 319 



soil, 319 

 green .bunch, production of, 323- 



3 2 7 



early bunchers from potato 

 onions, 323 



from sets, 324 

 insects and diseases, 325 



maggot, 325 



thrips, 325 



smut, 326 



heart rot, 326 

 seed growing, 324 

 sets, cultivation, 321 



harvesting, 322 



illustrated, 322 



illustrated, 320 



marketing, 323 



production of, 320-323 



soil and climate, 321 



Packages, styles, 92 



Packing, importance of proper, 100 



Parsley, 327-328 



botany, 327 



culture, 327 

 Parsnips, 328-330 



botany, 328 



cultivation, 329 



harvesting, 330 



planting, 329 



soil, 329 



Pastinaca sativa, 328 

 Peas, 330-340 



botany, 330 



field crop, for canning, 336 



Peas, forage, 338 

 harvesting, 337 



canning crop, 337 

 insects and diseases, 338 

 louse, 338 

 mildew, 339 

 weevil, 339 



packing, illustrated, 338 

 planting, 335 



preparation of the soil, 334 

 soil, 332 



trained on brush, illustrated, 336 

 types, 332 

 types and variation in pea pods, 



illustrated, 333 

 varieties, 339 

 vine, illustrated, 331 

 Peppers, 340, 341 



cultivation, methods of, 341 

 harvesting, 342 

 importance of, 341 

 Permanent cold frames, 57 

 Permanent hotbed, 60 

 Phaseohis lunatus, 146 

 Phosphoric acid, 49 

 Pickles, dill, how to make, 257 

 Pick-up trains, 99 

 Pisum sativum, 330 

 Plan for home vegetable garden, 105 

 Plant diseases, 12 



Plant diseases and insect enemies, 9 

 Plant-setting machines, 41 

 Planting, depth, 42 

 Plants, commercial production of, 47 

 for transplanting purposes, 42 

 setting, illustrated, 40 

 setting, in the field, 39 

 Plow for harvesting sweet potatoes, 428 

 Plowing, 27 

 Potash, 49 

 Potatoes, 342-390 

 botany, 343 



economic relation of crop of the 

 North to that of the South, 386 

 farm crop at the North, 345-371 

 cellars, barn and root, 367 



Maine, 84 

 cultivation, 353 

 fertilizers, 350 

 harvesting, 359 



diggers, illustrated, 362, 



363 



digging, by hand, illus- 

 trated, 361 



insects and diseases, 354, 355, 

 356 



Colorado beetle, 354 

 flea beetles, 355 



