ILLUSTRATIONS 



PI^™ PAOS 



I. Ibrigation Opposite 36 



Top, wooden sluice for conducting water to cucum- 

 bers and other crops, with V-shaped troughs to carry 

 the water and also to be used to protect plants from 

 Irost; bottom, sub-irrigation of celery field, showing 

 head-boxes. 



II. Lettuce Opposite 99 



Top, lettuce grown on a city lot; bottom, a com- 

 mercial lettuce field in Florida. 



III. Thkee Good Types op Lettuce . . . Opposite 105 



Left, Hanson ; right, Big Boston ; top. Black-seeded 

 Butter. 



IV. Celekt Opposite 109 



Top, largest one well rooted and ready for trans- 

 planting ; center, market celery packed in a crate ; 

 bottom, celery packing in field. 



V. Plant Beds . Opposite 112 



Above, a seed-bed for starting celery plants, with 

 cheesecloth covering ; old fertilizer bags on fence were 

 used over the beds to sprout the seeds. Below, a can- 

 vas-covered bed in which a cucumber crop is grown. 



VI. Celery Opposite 115 



Top left, well-grown celery plants (Golden Self- 

 blanching) ; top right, foot-press for packing celery ; 

 bottom, blanching celery by means of boards, 

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