INDEX 
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Appalachian Mountains 
Apple, companion crop 
Arsenate of lead 
Artichoke, globe, culture 
uses 
Artichoke, Jerusalem, culture.... 
uses 
Asparagus, age of plantation 
beetle 
botany 
climatic requirements 
cultivation 
fertilizing 
green 
harvesting 
history 202, 
insect enemies 
importance 
marketing 
planting 
planting distances 
plant selection 
propagation 
returns 
rust 
seed selection 
soil preparation 
soils 
varieties 204, 
Washington, Martha 
Washington, Mary 
white 
yields 
Aspect 
Aster, companion crop 
Atlantic and gulf coastal plains. . 
Auto trucks 
Baskets 
Bastrop series 
Bean 
Bean, anthracnose 
classification 226, 
climatic requirements 
companion crop. ..483, 484, 485, 
486, 487, 
composition 
cultivation 
fertilizing 
harvesting 
history 
importance 
keys and descriptions 
marketing 
Page 
Bean, planting 237, 238 
returns 243 
rotation 234 
seed selection 236 
soil improvers 229 
soil preparation 234 
soils 233 
supporting 239 
varieties 230, 231, 232 
weevil 243 
yields 243 
Beet, companion crop... 478, 479, 480 
climatic requirements 246 
cultivation 250 
fertilizing 25Q 
fungous diseases 252 
history 245 
importance 245 
insect enemies 251 
marketing 250 
planting 247 
seed required 495 
soil 246 
varieties 246, 247 
Bordeaux mixture 90 
Borecole 348 
Broccoli, character 252 
culture 252 
importance 252 
seed required 495 
Brussels sprouts, character 253 
culture 253 
importance 253 
Bulb crops, requirements. ... 197, 199 
Burying vegetables 195 
Cabbage, alpha group 260 
aphis 283 
botany of cultivated forms 255 
botany of wild 254 
black rot 288 
classification 255 
climate 264 
club root 286 
companion crop.. 477, 478, 480, 
486, 488 
composition 269 
cultivation 273 
Danish Ball Head group 261 
diseases 289 
early plants, growing 26a 
Flat Dutch or Drumhead group 258 
harvesting 273 
history 254 
Page 
. 176 
, 23 
486 
87 
201 
201 
202 
202 
223 
224 
203 
205 
218 
213 
211 
220 
226 
224 
204 
221 
217 
216 
209 
208 
223 
225 
206 
21 2 
206 
205 
204 
205 
211 
223 
13 
482 
20 
181 
171 
20 
226 
244 
227 
233 
488 
228 
240 
235 
240 
226 
228 
230 
242 
505 
