INDEX 



Pepper, 109 



plants, 124 

 Pits, storage, 170, I93 

 Plowing, deep or shallow. 34 



fall, 28 



spring, 28 

 Potato, 38, 47, no, 176, 191 



blight and scab, 112 



fertilizers, m 

 Pumpkin, 113 



Radish, 115 

 Raspberry, 143 



protection in winter, 151 

 Refuse, burning, 30 

 Rhubarb, 131 

 Rotation of crops, 42 

 Rows, direction of, 22 



planting, 38 

 Rutabaga, 120 



Sage, 123 

 Salsify, ii6, 196 

 Seed drill, 53 

 Seeds, 45, 47 

 Seed-sowing, 47 



Slopes, south, 21 



Small fruit, 17s, 187 



Soil, 21, 32, 4i» 45. 47. 63, no, 180 



Spinach, 123 



Spraying apparatus, 57 



Squash, 38, 117 



Strawberry, 134. i77, 178. l86 



Summer savory, 123 



Sunshine, benefit of, 22 



Sweet basil, 126 



Sweet marjoram, 126 



Sweet potato, 113, 191 



Swiss chard, 126 



Tomato, 118, 184 

 Transplanting, 64 

 Trellises, 169 

 Turnip, 120 



Vegetables requiring support, 38 

 tall-growing, 39 

 tenderness and flavor, 23 

 very early, 74 



Watermelons, 10 1 



Weeds, 36, 40, 56, 60, 63. 189 



Wood-ashes, I7S 



