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aration of the asparagus plot, 126 — Fertilizer for as- 

 paragus, 126 • — Planting asparagus, 127 — Cutting, 127 

 — Bunching and crating asparagus, 128 — JMarketing, 

 128 — Blanching, 129 — Raising asparagus plants, 129 — 

 Canning asparagus, 130 — Enemies, 130 — Varieties of 

 asparagus, 131 — Bulletins, 131 — Globe artichokes, 132. 



CHAPTER XII 



Vegetables with Edible Bulbs 134-150 



Onions, 134 — Soil for onions, 135 — Fertilizer for 

 onions, 135 — Time to sow onion seed, 137 — Seed-bed 

 for onions, 137 — Setting out onions, 138 — Cultivation 

 of onions, 141 — The large-scale method of onion-grow- 

 ing, 142 — Curing the onion crop, 143 — Crating onions, 

 144 — Raising onions from sets, 144 — Varieties of 

 onions, 144 — Costs in onion growing, 146 — Bulletins, 

 146 — Leek, 147 — ShaUot, 146 — Chive, 149 — GarUc, 

 150. 



CHAPTER Xm 

 Vegetables with Edible Fruits — The Cucurbits . 151-177 

 Cantaloupes, 151 — Soil and preparation, 152 — Fer- 

 tilizer, 152 — Planting and cultivating muskmelons, 153 

 — Marketing muskmelons, 153 — Saving melon seed, 

 153 — Enemies, 154 — Varieties of melons, 154 — Bulle- 

 tins, 154 — Watermelon, 155 — Soil, 155 — Fertilizer for 

 watermelons, 155 — Planting watermelons, 156 — Culti- 

 vating, 157 — Marketing watermelons, 158 — Saving 

 seed, 158 — Diseases and insects, 159 — Varieties of 

 watermelon, 159 — Bulletins and papers, 160 — Cucum- 

 ber, 160 — Protecting cucumbers from frost, 162 — Soil 

 and preparation of the cucumber field, 163 — Fertilizer 

 for cucumbers, 164 — Cultivating cucumbers, 165 — 



