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77. Name Ave good yarieties of peas. 



78. What is okra and how is it cultivated? 



79. What are the characteristics of the parsnip family? 

 80! How are parsnips cultivated? 



81. How are parsnips marketed? 



82. What is parsley and how is it cultivated? 



83. Discuss the cultivation of carrots. 



84. How are they gathered and stored? 



85. How is carrot seed gathered ? 



86. What kind of soil is necessary for a good celery crop? 



87. How should celery be planted to obtain an early crop? 



88. How should celery be planted to obtain a late crop? 



89. How is celery cultivated? 



90. How are the plants transplanted ? 



91. How are celery and onions planted out together? 



92. What is meant by '•handling" celery? 



93. AVhat is the process of bleaching or banking? 



04. How is celery bleached with boards and why not as profitable 

 as banking with soil? 



95. What is a convenient way of planting celery for easy cultiva- 

 tion and weeding? 



96. When and how should celery be dag? 



97. Discuss a good method of storing celery ? 



98. How long does it take celery to bleach in the field and in the 

 cellar ? 



99. How is celery seed raised? 



lUO. What diseases are most common in affecting celery? 



101. How are they treated? 



102. Name five good varieties of celery. 



103. What is celeriac and how is it cultivated? 



104. To what family does the sweet potato belong? 



105. How is the sweet potato cultivated? 



106. What plants belong to the potato family and what are their 

 general characteristics? 



107. What colors of skin and flesh, and what forms do we find 

 in potatoes? 



108. How is the potato propagated? 



109. When and how was the modern potato originated? 



110. What kind of soil is best for potatoes? 



111. How should such land be manured ? 



112. What are "sets"' and what are the qualities of a good "set?" 



113. How are potatoes planted and what kind should ^be selected 

 for seed? 



114. How are potatoes treated for early planting? 



115. How is the main crop of potatoes cultivated? 



116. Discuss digging and storing of potatoes. 



117. What is the average per acre of marketable potatoes in the 

 northern states? What are the biggest yields known? 



118. Name five good varieties of potatoes. 



119. Discuss the propagation of potatoes. 



120. What insects and diseases are injurious to the potato? 



121. How and when does "scab" aft>ct potatoes? 



122. What is the best treatment for early potatoes? 



123. How does potato blight affect potatoes? 



124. What is Bordeaux mixture and how is it applied? 



125. What is internal brown rot ? 



126. How are egg plants cultivated? 



127. When should tomato seed be sown and transplanted? 



128. What kind of soil is best for tomato growing? 



129. How should tomato plants be pruned and trained? 



130. How may the tomato season be prolonged after frosts conip 

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