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QUESTIONS— CHAPTER VIII. 



24. What are "shallots," "Egyptian onions," 'top" onions? 



25. How is onion seed obtained? 



26. What are leeks, garlic chives and how are they cultivated and 

 propagated ? 



27. How is rhubarb propagated? 



28. What cultivation does rhubarb need? 



29. What is the method used for forcing rhubarb? 



30. How are beets propagated and cultivated? 



31. Describe a beet seed. 



32. How should they be harvested and stored over winter? 



33. How does scab effect beets and what precautions should be ta- 

 ken against it? 



34. What are stock beets? Sugar beets? Leaf beets? 



35. What is spinach and how cultivated ? 



36. Of what countries is cabbage native and into what three groups 

 is it divided? 



37. What varieties have sprung from the original species of 

 cabbage ? 



38. What soil is best for growing cabbages? 



39. How should cabbage crops be manured? 



40. Discuss cabbage raising for early crops. 



41. How are the x^lants set out and cultivated? 



42. What soil is best for late cabbage crops? 



43. What are the advantages and disadvantages of growing cab- 

 bages for late crops? 



44. When are cabbages transplanted and how are they set out? 



45. How are cabbages sown in the hill cultivated? 



46. How are cabbages harvested? 



47. What are the methods of storing cabbage? 



48. How is cabbage seed obtained? 



49. Name two desirable early varieties and two late varieties. 



50. What diseases and insects affect cabbage? 



51. How does club-root affect cabbages and what is the remedy 

 for it? 



52. What is black rot and how does it affect cabbage plants? 



53. Give five means of preventing it. 



54. How is pauerkraut made? 



55. What are Brussels sprouts? 



56. What is cauliflower and how is it cultivated? 



57. What is kale-kohl rabi and how is it cultivated? 



58. Of what countries are turnips native? 



59. When and in what kind of soil should turnip seed be sown? 



60. How are rutabagas cultivated and stored? 



61. How is horse radish propagated and cultivated? 



62. Describe watercress and how it is cultivated. 



63. How are winter radishes grown and stored ? 



64. What insects affect radishes and what are remedies? 



65. Name five good varieties. 



66. What are the characteristics of the clover family and what are 

 some of its species? 



67. Into what two classes are beans divided and give character- 

 istics of each? 



68. How are bush beans cultivated? 

 61). How are beans harvested? 



70. Name five good varieties of fall beans. 



71. How are pole beans cultivated? 



72. What is the result of transplanting beans? 



73. What is a good way of preserving beans? 



74. How prevent diseases and insects from injuring beans? 



75. Into what three classes are peas divided and in what ways are 

 they different? 



70. IIow are neas cultivated? 



