xiv CONTENTS 
CHAPTER IX 
PAGES 
Tue Grow1ne oF THE FRUIT PLANTS .« - : F . - 408-450 
Dwary fruit-trees . . . : E . . . . . 409 
Age and size of trees e ‘ 3 is A ° . ; . 410 
Pruning . . . ‘ : ‘ : . é . All 
Thinning the fr wit s ‘ : 7 - 2 ‘ ‘ . 412 
Washing and scrubbing the trees. ‘ ‘ e 5 ‘i . 414 
Gathering and keeping fruit. “ . 3 « Pi ‘ . 414 
Almond, 415; apples, 416; apricot, 420; blackberry, 421; 
cherry, 422; cranberry, 424 ; currant, 425 ; dewberry, 426 ; fig, 426 ; 
gooseberry, 427; grape, 428 ; mulberry, 432; nuts, 433; orange, 
433; peach, 435; pear, 437; plum, 439; quince, 442; raspberry, 
443; strawberry, 445. 
CHAPTER X 
Tue GROWING OF THE VEGETABLE PLANTS . . : ‘ - 451-500 
Vegetables for sit. ‘ . é : r ° . . . 454 
The classes of vegetables . 5 : : ‘ . . . 456 
The culture of the leading eeneeatites z ; é E é . 461 
Asparagus, 461; artichoke, 462; artichoke, Jerusalem, 463; 
bean, 463; beet, 466; broccoli, 467; brussels sprouts, 467; cab- 
bage, 468; carrot, 471; cauliflower, 471; celeriac, 472; celery, 
472; chard, 475 ; chicory, 476 ; chervil, 476 ; collards, 476 ; cives, 477 ; 
corn salad, 477 ; corn, 477; cress, 478 ; cucumber, 478; dandelion, 
479; egg-plant, 480 ; endive, 481 ; garlic, 481 ; horseradish, 481 ; kale, 
482; kohlrabi, 483 ; leek, 483 ; lebtade. 483; mushroom, 484 ; mus- 
tard, 487 ; muskmelon, 487 ; chan, 488 ; onion, 488; parsley, 490 ; 
parsnip, 490; pea, 490; pepper, 491; potato, 492; radish, 493; 
rhubarb, 493 ; salsify, 494; sea-kale, 495; sorrel, 495; spearmint, 
495; spinach, 495; squash, 496; sweet-potato, 496; tomato, 497 ; 
turnips and rutabagas, 498; watermelon, 499. 
CHAPTER XI 
SeasonaL REMINDERS . : 3 ‘ : % : 5 . 601-526 
For the North . j - ‘ ‘ ‘ : 5 F < - 504 
For the South . ‘ - ‘ e % # . . . 516 
Inpex . : * B . ‘ : j , : - 627 
