INDEX 



473 



Water cress, harvesting, 229 



methods of cultivation, 228 

 Water-holding capacity of soil, 32 

 Watering at time of transplanting, 



Watermelons, 455-462 

 botany, 456 



fruits and foliage, illustrated, 



457, 461 

 cultivation, 459 

 distance to plant, 459 

 harvesting and marketing, 462 

 insects and diseases, 460 

 planting, 459 

 production by states, 455 

 score card, 462 

 soil, 457 



preparation, 457 



Watermelons 



uses, 456 



varieties, 461 

 Water supply for plants, 19 



temperature of, 20 

 Wax beans, hill of, illustrated, 138 

 Whale-oil soap, 18 



Width of benches in greenhouses, 78- 

 Wooden benches, illustrated, 78 

 Wrapping tomatoes, 444 

 Zea amylacea, 215 



amyleasaccharata, 215 



everta, 215 



indentata, 215 



indurata, 215 



mays, 215 



saccharata, 2 1 5 



tunic at a, 21 5 



