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PAQB 



Yield 206 



Rhubarb 208 



Cellar plots 210 



Forced growth 210, 211 



Nature, hardy 208 



New culture 209 



Planting 208 



Profitable growing 209 



Soil needs , 208 



Yield 211 



Docks and Sorrels 211 



Varieties 211 



Artichoke 212 



Jerusalem and French Globe 212 



Sowing 212 



Stock feed 213 



Uses 214 



Ways of the artichoke 213, 214 



Winter mulch 213 



Yield 214 



Sea-kale 214 



Blanching 215 



Care 215 



How it grows 214 



Chapter XXV.— Specialties 216-226 



Asparagus 218 



Celery 218 



Chestnuts 217 



Mushrooms 218 



Onions and potatoes 218 



300 bushels to the acre 218, 225 



Other specialties 226 



Specializing and profits 216, 217 



Strawberries 225 



Chapter XXVI.— Watching and Spraying 227-236 



Arsenical sprays 233 



Bordeaux mixture, what it will do and how to 



make it 229, 230 



Emulsions 235 



Kerosene emulsions 234 



Manufacture and use 234, 235 



Need of watching 227 



Paris green 232 



Spraying as a remedy 228 



Spraying mixture 228, 235 



Cses 232 



Value of spraying, the 235 



