IV 



INDEX 



Population Increasing, 11; 

 regulate increase, 12. 



Potato as a wealth pro- 

 ducer, 19; crop, value of, 

 19; growing a high art, 

 20; implements, 21; on- 

 ion. 26. 



Potatoes, 19; capital re- 

 quired, 22; harvested as 

 soon as tubers are large 

 enough, 21; highly pro- 

 ductive strains, 20; hill 

 selection, 98; table of 

 cost, 22. 



Precooling, 92. 



Prince, 103. 



Production, increase from 

 available areas, 13. 



" Progeny row," 20. 



Propagation, apples, 111; 

 peach, 110; plums, 111; 

 strawberries, 112. 



Protective devices, 18. 



Rapid transportation, 14. 



Raspberries, 84; black and 

 red, 85; black for dry- 

 ing, 86. 



Rawson, W. W., 108. 



Red and black raspberries, 

 85. 



Refrigeration in transit, 93. 



Refrigerator car, 14. 



Regulate increase in popu- 

 lation, 12. 



Relation of apple varieties 

 to industry, 59. 



Returns from frame farm- 

 ing, 42; from lettuce 

 forcing, 50. 



Root grafting, 112. 



Scientific management, 15. 



Seed growing, 105. 



Selection, results of, 97. 



Short Horn cattle. 127. 



Silver Foxes, 127. 



Single-crop farming, pioneer 

 farming, 133; systems of 

 farming, 14. 



Small fruit, 81. 



Soil and climate, effect on 

 apple, 63; capacity 

 measured, 11; heat, 18. 



Spanish onion, 27. 



Special crops, 17; crops re- 

 quire fertilizers, 131; or 

 single-crop systems tend 

 to deplete fertility, 129. 

 Spencer, Herbert, 104 



Spraying, 67; for insects and 

 diseases, 62. 



Sprinkler system for celery, 

 36. 



Statistics of population, 13. 



Storage of onions, 29. 

 Strawberries, 84, 



Strawberry propagation. 112 



Success of growing toma- 

 toes under glass, 55. 



Succession of crops, 18. 



Swamp muck lands, 32. 



Temperature for greenhouse 

 cucumbers, 58. 



Texas Bermuda onion in- 

 dustry, 25. 



Tillable area under fence, 

 11. 



Tomato growing pests, 55; 

 growing, success of un- 

 der glass, 55. 



Tomatoes, 52; as a forced 

 crop, 52; forced, pests of, 

 55; greenhouse, yield of, 

 54; sold by weight, 54. 



Tracy, 103. 



Transportation and the ap- 

 ple, 59; influence on 

 forcing industry, 47; 

 rapid, 14; requirements 

 of crops vary, 145. 



Truck farming compared to 

 single-crop system, 133; 

 grower, 14. 



Tschermak, 104. 



Tuber harvested as soon as 

 large enough, 21. 



" Tuber unit " method, 20. 



Vegetable seed growing, 107. 



Wallace, Alfred Russel, 104. 



Water, cost of providing, 

 115. 



Wholesale and retail price 

 of nursery stock. 112. 



Wide distribution steadies 

 market, 77. 



