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INDEX 



Trees, harvesting, 361-2 



heeling in, 177, 208 



knowing the, 365 



on rocky areas, 375 



on poor land, 363 

 Trellising grapes, 242-8, 251 



raspberries, 254 

 Trips to orchards, 346 

 Truck garden, 69, 79 

 Tubers and rootrcrops, 91 

 Turnips, 99, 105 

 Type, fixing, 25-6 

 Types of bulbs, 34-5 



flowers, 11 



Upland cress, 111 



U. S. bulletins, end of each chapter 



Variation, causes of, 22 



extreme, 30 



extreme or sudden, 23 



studying, 30 

 Varieties, of apples, 175, 192, 400 



of blackberries, 258, 261 



of cherries, 223 



of currants, 263 



of gooseberries, 265 



of grapes, 241 



of oranges, 280 



of peaches, 205 



of pears, 189, 192 



of plums, 228 



of potatoes, 134, 391 



of raspberries, 253 



of strawberries, 234 



of vegetables, 391 



study of, 104 

 Variety trials, 232 

 Vegetable, border, 65 



gardening, 61 



market, 148 



varieties, 391 

 , work, see each month 

 Vegetables, autumn, 90, 95 



canning, 119 



cool spring, 90, 92, 95 



cultural methods, 104 



drying, 119 



effect of heat on, 119 



food losses of, 394 



forcing, 120 



hardy, 89 



perennial, 92, 115-119 



resistance to freezing, 119 



storage, 119, 139 



table of, 88, 92-3 



Vegetables, tender, 89 



uses of, l04 



warm season, 89, 92 

 Veneer grafting, 57 

 Ventilation of hotbeds, 82 

 Vine layering, 44, 47 

 Vines to plant, 372, 401 

 Vineyard, see grapes, 241-251 

 Violet, hidden blossoms of, 14 



Walks in gardens, 151 

 Walnuts, acreage map, 279 



English, 271-2 



native, 271 

 Warm season crops, 89, 90, 92, 121 

 Warmth for plant growth, 1 

 Watering birds, 387, 389 

 Watermelons, 127-8 

 Wax making, 58, 60 

 Weed control laboratories, 350 

 Weeds, chapter on, 347 



control of, 349 



collections, 354 



dissemination of, 348 



escaped, 354 



groups of, 354 



in orchards, 351 



identifying, 354 



losses from, 351 



of neighbors, 354 



seeds, 354 



special fighting, 354 



type and control, 347 

 Weight of seeds, 32 

 White, arsenic, 310 



clover with bacteria, 288 



pines for lumber, 358 

 Wheel hoe, 63, 79 



double, 108, 161 

 Wind breaks, 358 

 Winter, preparation for, 6, 9 

 Wood lot, exercises, 365 

 home, 355 

 location, 356-7, 363 

 of maples, 356 

 products, 355-6 

 projects, 365 

 soils, 356 

 tax exempt, 363 

 Woods, collection of, 365 

 Woody stem, cross section of, 5 

 Wren house, 389 



Xerophytes, 2 



Yellows of peach, 219, 220 



