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INDEX 



Seeds, infested with pests, 15 



longevity of, 17 



nourishment in, 14 



storing, 15 



testing, 18 



weight of, 32 



why produced, 10 

 Selection, by growers, 30 



careful, 24 



in plant breeding, 24 

 September garden work, 151, 167 



home grounds in, 340, 344 



orchard and fruit work, 340, 344 

 Shallot, 108 

 Shears, pruning, 335 

 Shelter belts, 358 

 Shield-budding, 49 ,50 



of peaches, 50 

 Shrubs and plants per acre, 396 



from cuttings, 42, 47 



fruit-bearing, 384, 389 



in clumps, 366 



propagation of, 33, 38 



to plant, 370, 401 

 Sifting and weighing seeds, 30 

 Size and weight of seed, 30 

 Smartweed, Pennsylvania, 353 

 Soaps for spraying, 315 

 Sod-mulch system, 300 

 Soil, adding humus, 72 



amendments, 286-301 



clods of, 72 



influence of, 33 



liming, 72 



modifying, 72 



mulch, 299 



types, 71 

 Soils, for apples, 173 



blackberries, 258 



blueberries, 267 



cherries, 222 



cranberries, 267 



currants, 263 



gooseberries, 266 



grapes, 241 



Irish potatoes, 132 



mangoes, 276 



peaches, 204-5 



pears, 189 



pineapples, 274 



plums, 227 



raspberries, 253 



strawberries, 233, 240 



sweet potatoes, 140 



wood lot, 256 



garden 71, 80 



packing, 299 



Soils, preparing potato, 133 

 Soybeans with bacteria, 287, 289 

 Spinach, 97 



New Zealand, 111 

 Spirea, 373 

 Sports, 23 

 Spray, calendar, 318, 320, 321 



hose and rod, 323 



materials for potatoes, 138, 144 



nozzles, 324 

 Sprayer, barrel, 318, 322 



bucket, 318 



compressed air, 318-9 



gas, 319 



hand, 318 



knapsack, 318 



tank, 319, 322-3 

 Spraying, campaigns, 328-9, 330, 333, 

 336 



equipment, 318 



exercises, 327-8 



for blight and beetles, 138, 144 



high pressure, 325 



improves quality, 304 



materials, 303, 320 



principles of, 303, 320 



projects, 303, 327 



vs. no spraying, 327 

 Sprays, contact, 313 



poison, 310 

 Spring greens, 91, 92 



vegetables, 95 

 Spruce trees, 359 

 Squash, culture, 128 



vines on fence, 150 

 Stamens, 11, 12 

 Starch, grains, 20 



made by plants, 3 

 State, analysis of seeds, 19 



seed regulations, 20 

 Stem, cross section, 5 

 Stocks for propagation, 50-3 

 ' Stone fruits, annual campaign, 329 

 spraying, 336 

 Storage of vegetables, 119 

 Storing, apples, 187, 192 



potatoes, 139, 144 



sweet potatoes, 143-4 

 Strawberries, acreage map, 233 



blossoms, 234 



chapter on, 233 



contests, 240 



culture of, 237 



enemies of, 239 



fertilizer for, 237 



forcing, 240 



in pots, 240 



