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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IX 



PAGES 



The Growing op the Fruit Plants . . . . , . 408-450 



Dwarf fruit-trees 409 



Age and size of trees 410 



Pruning 411 



Thinning the fruit 412 



Washing and scrubbing the trees ....... 414 



Gathering and keeping fruit 414 



Almond, 415 ; apples, 416 ; apricot, 420 ; blackberry, 421 ; 

 cherry, 422 ; cranberry, 424 ; currant, 425 ; dewberry, 426 ; fig, 426 ; 

 gooseberry, 427 ; grape, 428 ; mulberry, 432 ; nuts, 433 ; orange, 

 433 ; peach, 435 ; pear, 437 ; plum, 439 ; quince, 442 ; raspberry, 

 443 ; strawberry, 445. 



CHAPTER X 



The Growing of the Vegetable Plants . . ... 451-500 



Vegetables for six • . . 454 



The classes of vegetables 456 



The culture of the leading vegetables ....... 461 



Asparagus, 461 ; artichoke, 462 ; artichoke, Jerusalem, 463 ; 

 bean, 463 ; beet, 466 ; broccoli, 467 ; brussels sprouts, 467 ; cab- 

 bage, 468; carrot, 471; cauliflower, 471; celeriac, 472; celery, 

 472; chard, 475 ; chicory, 476 ; chervil, 476 ; collards, 476 ; cives, 477 ; 

 corn salad, 477 ; corn, 477 ; cress, 478 ; cucumber, 478 ; dandelion, 

 479; egg-plant, 480 ; endive, 481 ; garlic, 481 ; horseradish, 481 ; kale, 

 482 ; kohlrabi, 483 ; leek, 483 ; lettuce, 483 ; mushroom, 484 ; mus- 

 tard, 487 ; muskmelon, 487 ; okra, 488 ; onion, 488 ; parsley, 490 ; 

 parsnip, 490; pea, 490; pepper, 491 ;• potato, 492 ; radish, 493; 

 rhubarb, 493 ; salsify, 494 ; sea-kale, 495 ; sorrel, 495 ; spearmint, 

 495 ; spinach, 495 ; squash, 496 ; sweet-potato, 496 ; tomato, 497 : 

 turnips and rutabagas, 498 ; watermelon, 499. 



CHAPTER XI 



Seasonal Reminders . . 501-526 



Eor the North 504 



Eor the South 516 



Index 



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