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CHAPTER V. 



PAOJS 



CaTwALogue of Culinary Vegetables ..... 616 

 1364. The culinary vegetables usually cultivated in British gardens. 

 1365. Classed Horticulturally and Economically. 1366. Propagation 

 and seed-sowing. 1367. The selection of varieties. 1368. Whether 

 a crop which is raised from seed ought to be sown where it is finally to 

 remain, or sown in a seed-bed and transplanted. 1369. Soils. 1370. 

 Proportion of each crop. 



Sect. I. — Brassicaceous Esculents^ or the Cabbage Tribe . . 622 

 1372. The white cabbage. 1373. The couve tronchuda. 1374. 

 Cabbage coleworts. 1375. The red cabbage. 1376. The savoy. 1377. 

 Brussels sprouts. 1378. Borecole. 1379. Cauliflower. 1380. Broc- 

 coli. 1381. The turnip cabbage. 1382. The Chinese cabbage. 1383. 

 General culture and management of the cabbage tribe. 1384. Substi- 

 tutes for the cabbage tribe. 



Sect. II. — Leguminaceous Esculents ..... 680 



SuBSECT. I. — The Pea 630 



1386 Varieties. 1387. Culture. 1388. The earliest crops. 1389. 

 Portable walls for early crops of peas, &c. 1390. The summer and 

 autumn crops. 1391. Diseases, vermin, &c. 



SuBSECT. II. — The Bean 634 



SuBSECT. III. — The Kidney-bean 635 



1396. Varieties. 1397. Culture of the dwarf sorts. 1398. Culture 



of the twining sorts. 1399. Gathering. 1400. The lima bean, 1401. 



The common lentil. 1402. The white lupin. 1403. Substitutes. 



Sect. III. — Radicaceous Esculents . . . . . 638 



SuBSECT. I. — The Potato 638 



1406. Varieties. 1407. Culture. 1408. For an early crop. 1409. 

 The Lancashire practice. 1410. Gathering. 1411. Messrs. Chap- 

 man's new spring potatoes. 1412. For a main or late crop. 1413. 

 Young potatoes during winter. 1414. Selecting and preparing the 

 sets. 1415. Greening potatoes for sets. 1416. Taking up and pre- 

 serving a crop. 1417. Diseases, insects, &c. 



SuBSECT. II. — The Jerusalem Artichoke 646 



SuBSECT. III. — The Turnip 647 



1420. Varieties. 1421, Culture. 1422. In gathering. 1423. Pre- 

 serving turnips through the winter. 1424. To save seed. 1425. Dis- 

 eases, insects, &c. 1426. Forcing the turnip. 



SuBSECT. IV. — The Carrot 649 



1428. Varieties. 1429. Culture. 1430. Gathering and keeping. 

 1431. Diseases and insects. 1432. Seed saving. 



SuBSECT. V. — The Parsnep . . 651 



SvBS-ECT. Yl.— The Red Beet 651 



SiTBSECT. VII. — The Skirret, Scorzonera, Salsify, and (Enothera . 652 

 1436. The skirret. 1437. The scorzonera. 1438. The salsify. 1439. 

 The Spanish salsify. 1440. The tree-primrose. 



SuBSECT. VIII. — The Hamburgh Parsley . . . . . 653 



SuBSECT. IX.— The Radish 653 



1443. Varieties. 1444. Soil. 



SuBSECT. X. — Oxalis Deppei, O. crenata, and Tropceolum tuberosum . 654 



