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Potato Family 105-190 



Potatoes 190 



blight .....202 



digging 195 



diseases 200 



early planting 194 



insects 199 



main crop 194 



manuring ...192 



origin 191 



pitting 196 



propagation, notes on 199 



"running out" of.. 193 



saving seed 193 



scab 200 



sets or *'seeds" 193 



soil 192 



starch 198 



use for seed of scabby 201 



varieties 198 



Protection to newly planted 

 seeds against insects.... 46 

 against crows and gophers. 46 



Pumnkins 215 



Pyrethrum 85 



Radishes 101 



culture 161 



varieties 162 



Rhubarb 135 



culture 135 



forcing 136 



varieties 137 



Ridging land 33 



Rotating of manures 28 



Rotation of crops 13 



reasons for 13 



Rue 233 



Rue Family 106-233 



Rutaceae 233 



Rutabagas 157 



Sage 231 



Sauer kraut 152 



Savory, winter 232 



Shallots 133 



Seed 55 



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Seeds— Cont*^ Page 



curing 57 



germinating apparatus .... 56 

 germinating standards ....237 



stock 58 



storing 57 



testing 55 



Seed sowing 42 



depth 42 



time 43 



firming by feet 45 



in stiff soils 43 



with machine 44 



by hand 45 



Seedmen's humbugs 58 



Seedmen's specialties 58 



Seed tables 234-237 



amount for acre 236 



longevity 235 



purity standards 237 



number of seeds in an ounce.234 



time to germinate 236 



weight of seeds 234 



Seeds, pedigrees of * . 55 



novelties « . /t' 58 



Solanaceae 190 



Soils 8 



for early crops 8 



for late crops 8 



elements necessary 14 



elements lacking in 14 



Spearmint 232 



Spinach ^ 141 



culture 142 



varieties 143 



Squash , 211 



cultivation 212 



harvesting 213 



pollenizing flowers 211 



storing 213 



varieties 214 



Sunflower Family 105-243 



Strawberry tomato 208 



culture 209 



Sub-irrigation 12 



Subsoiling 31 



Summer savory 232 



Sweet basil 231 



Sweet marjoram 233 



