ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAQE 



41. — Two heads of lettuce of different lands . . 150 



42. — Multiplier Onions before and after cleaning 



for table 162 



43. — Onions grown from transplanted seedlings . 162 



44. — ^Loosening head of cabbage to prevent cracking 162 



45. — Early Snowball cauliflower ready for kitchen 162 



46. — Raking surface of soil before sowing seed . .177 



47. — Pressing sail down with rake to aid germina- 

 tion 178 



48. — Tent of pole beans sheltering lettuce in hot 



weather 180 



49. — Drying beans on pole for winter use . . .180 



50. — Smut in corn waiting to be cut out and burned 188 



51.-^ — Squash bores at work in stem of squash vine 188 



52. — An okra seed pod ready to harvest . . . .188 



53. — Summer asparagus divided to show white flesh 188 



54. — Packing soil roimd celery plant to protect heart 200 



55. — Blanching rolls partly and entirely placed over 



celery 200 



56. — Celery blanched by boarding and packing soil 200 



57. — Lettuce planted amongst asparagus to get 



shade 214 



58. — A. Asparagus right for cutting. B. Stalks too 



old for cutting 214 



59. — A thrifty row of thick stalked rhubarb . . 214 



60.' — Good type of ventilator for storage . . . 230 



61. — Tomato vine ready to hang in cellar or store 



in attic 230 



