CONTENTS 



PART I. HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FLORICULTURE 



Chapter 1. THE PRINCIPLES OF VEGETABLE GARDENING 19 



Soils and locations Tillage and tools Stable manures j-Cover crops Com- 

 mercial fertilizers The use of lime Seeds and seed sowing Transplanting 

 Starting early plants. 



Chapter 2. VEGETABLES AND THEIR CULTURE 25 



Asparagus Bean Beet BrusseFs sprouts Cabbage Carrot Cauliflower 

 Celery Cucumbers Eggplant Horseradish Kale Kohl-rabi Leek 

 Lettuce Muskmelon Onion Parsley Parsnip Pea Pepper Radish 

 Rhubarb Salsify Spinach Squash Sweet corn Sweet potatoes Tomato 

 Turnips Watermelon. 



Chapter 3. THE FARM VEGETABLE GARDEN 45 



Choosing a site The garden plan Fertility Tillage Garden seed Growing 

 early plants Seed sowing Transplanting Cultivation Irrigation Pest control 

 Quality of vegetablesStorage of vegetables Literature. 



Chapter 4. VEGETABLE FORCING 55 



Cold-frames Hotbeds The greenhouse Growing plants under glass. 



Chapter 5. MUSHROOM CULTURE 59 



Houses Preparation of the compost Filling the beds Spawning Casing the 

 beds Temperature Water Ventilation Picking and marketing Mushroom 

 enemies Yield and returns. 



Chapter 6. MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS 66 



Requirements for medicinal plants Anise Belladonna Caraway Coriander 

 Digitalis or foxglove Common sage plant Ginseng Peppermint Spearmint 

 Tansy Wormwood American wormseed Additional equipment. 



Chapter 7. PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT PRODUCTION, WITH SPECIAL 



REFEItENCE TO THE HOME PLANTATION 71 



The fhain factors to consider Moisture Soil Subsoil The parasite Site 

 Aspect Wind-breaks Nursery stock Southern vs. Northern grown nursery trees 

 Time to plant To heel-in trees Marking out the field Mixed plantings The 

 operation of planting First pruning How fruit buds are borne-; Pruning for 

 fruit Pruning older trees Tillage Fertilizing Thinning Spraying Harvest- 

 ing and marketing The value and importance of the home fruit garden Quality 

 first for the home. 



Chapter 8. SMALL FRUITS 80 



The Strawberry. 



Selection of soil-LPreparation of the soil Fertilizers Selecting and preparing the 

 plants Perfect and imperfect flowered plants When to set the plants How to 

 set the plants Depth to set the plants Planting in hills Renewing old beds 

 Cultivation Objects of mulching Materials for mulch Harvesting and shipping 

 When to apply the mulch Receptacles. 



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