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Index 



Onions ■ — ■ continued : 



South Lima lands devoted to, 

 1392. 



varieties of, 1392. 

 Overhead irrigation. See Irrigation. 



Paris green, injury to potatoes, 1385, 

 1386. 



use of, as spray, 1350, 1385, 1444. 

 Parsley, for home garden, 1290. 



greenhouse, 1287. 

 Parsnips, 1290, 1291. 

 Pea croquettes, recipe for, 1552. 

 Pea louse, 1501. 



weevil, 1500, 1501. 

 Peas, A. E. Wilkinson, 1494-1503. 



blight disease of, 1338, 1340. 



cost of production, 1500. 



cultivation, 1498. 



fertilizers for, 1495. 



fitting land for, 1496. 



for home garden, 1292, 1499. 

 market gardening, 1499. 



harvesting, 149S, 1499. 



inoculation, 1496. 



insect enemies, 1500, 1501. 



planting, 1496-149S. 



rotation of crops, 1495. 



seed, 1496. 



soil requirements of, 1494, 1495. 



varieties of, 1501, 1503. 



yields and prices, 1500. 

 Peat and muck deposits, 1239, 1240, 



1243. 

 Peppers, 1295, 1296. 

 Phosphoric acid. See Fertilizers. 

 Pickling, growing vegetables for, 



1226-1228, 1445, 1446. 

 Pink rot of celery, 1330. 

 Plank drag, use of, 124S, 1507. 

 Plant louse, 1421, 1444. 

 Plant setter, manner of using, 1418. 

 Plants, Growing Early, E. H. Hal- 



lett, 1314-1319. 

 Pop Corn, J. G. Curtis, 1534-1538. 



composition of, 1534. 



cultivation, 1537. 



distribution, 1535. 



fertilizers for, 1536. 



Pop Corn — continued : 



harvesting, 1537. 



marketing, 1538. 



place in rotation, 1536. 



planting, 1537. 



seed, 1536. 



soil requirements, 1535, 1536. 



storing, method of, 1537. 



varieties, 1535. 



yields, 1538. 

 Potash. See Fertilizers. 

 Potato, beetle, Colorado, 1385, 1386. 

 flea, 1348-1350, 1383. 



blight, 1379, 1387-1389. 



scab, treatment for, 1379, 13S0. 

 Potatoes, Edward van Alstyne, 1374- 

 1391. 



construction of tuber, 1374. 



diseases of, 13S6-1389. 



fertilizers for, 1381-1383. 



insects injurious to, 1383-1386. 



paris green injury to, 1385, 1386. 



preservation of green leaf, 13S3. 



seed for, 1376-1380. 



depth of planting, 13S0, 

 1381. 



water supply, need of, 1374- 

 1376. 

 Pumpkin pie, recipe for, 1554. 

 Pumpkins, 1492, 1493. 



diseases of, 1330, 1333. 



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Eadishes, for home garden, 1291. 



in greenhouse, 1287. 



insect injurious to, 134S-1350. 

 Eeed, E. N., Cabbage, 1412-1425. 

 Eeference books for vegetable grow- 

 ers, 1562, 1563. 

 Eelishes, vegetable, 1553. 

 Ehizoctonia rot of lettuce, 1335. 

 Ehubarb, 1296. 

 Eice and celery soup, recipe for, 



1551. 

 Eicing of cauliflower, 1445. 

 Eoot knot, 1323. 

 Eot, black, 1327. 



blossom end, of tomatoes, 1340. 



Botrytis, 1335, 1337. 



pink, 1330. 



