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price, unless wanted for some special purpose or at an assured 

 price. 



Cover winter spinach and hardy onion sets with hay as soon 

 as the ground begins to freeze hard at night, to prevent freezing 

 and thawing. 



December. — Clean up the garden and continue the marketing 

 of vegetables if it is not already attended to. 



Carefully study the season's work, note the profits or losses 

 on the last crop, and what has been learned that will be useful 

 another year. 



At Odd Times the following may be attended to: — Gather 

 manure, make crates and boxes for marketing fruits, vegetables 

 and plants, repair tools, wagons, harnesses, sashes, hotbeds and 

 odd frames. Clean up! 



QUESTIONS— CHAPTER VIII. 



1. How many vegetables be classified and name five in each class. 



2. What is meant by frost tender? Frost hardy? 



3. Discuss the cultivation of mushrooms. 



4. Of what country is corn a native and into what four classes 

 may the varieties be grouped? 



5. Discuss the cultivation of corn. 



6. Name five varieties each of early and late maturing sweet corn. 



7. How may sweet corn be cured and preserved ? 



8. What is corn smut? 



9. What is asparagus and of what country is it a native? 



10. How is asparagus propagated and cultivated? 



11. How should asparagus be cut and marketed? 



12. When and how should the asparagus bed be manured? 



13. How may asparagus be forced for early market? 



14. Of what" countrv are onions native and how are they propa- 

 gated? 



15. How should the land b.e prepared for onion raising? 



16. Discuss the sowing of onion seed. 

 ] 7. How should onions be cultivated ? 

 18. What are "'scallious" onion "sets?"' 



10. What are the methods of keeping onions over winter? 



20. AVhat are the advantages of planting onion sets? 



21. How are they cultivated and gathered? 



22. Discuss the transplanting of onions. 



23. Name two varieties grown from seed, two for sets, two for 

 transplanting. 



