INDEX 
507 
Page 
Cucumber, companion crop... 483, 488 
cultivation 335 
diseases 338 
fertilizing 333 
history 330 
importance 330 
marketing 335 
planting 334 
plant lice 338 
returns 336 
seed required 495 
seed, sources 332 
soil preparation 333 
soils 332 
starting early plants 332 
striped beetle 336 
varieties 331 
yields 336 
Cucurbitous crops 198, 200 
Cultipacker 31 
Cultivation 34 
Dandelion 338 
Depth to plant 495 
Distance apart in rows 494 
Dibbling machine 146 
Dill 338 
Diseases 85 
Disking 31 
Distribution 187 
Double-glass sash 108 
Dragging .* 32 
Drainage 26 
Dunkirk series 24 
Dusters 87 
Earliness 4 
Eggplant, botany 339 
climatic requirements 340 
cultivation 342 
enemies 343 
fertilizing 342 
history 339 
importance 339 
marketing 342 
planting 342 
seed required 495 
seed, source 340 
soil 340 
soil preparation 342 
starting early plants 341 
uses 339 
varieties 339 
Endive, blanching 344 
importance 343 
planting 344 
seed required 495 
soil 344 
varieties 344 
Facilities for packing 166 
Fall plowing 29 
Farm gardening 2 
Fertilizers 58 
Fertilizers, application, methods of 67 
excessive application 63 
home mixing 69 
rate of application 62 
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Flats 152 
Forcing boxes 118 
Frames, heating by flues 112 
heating with hot water 113 
heating with steam 113 
Garden tractors 40 
Gardens, student 502, 503 
Garlic 345 
Glacial lake and river terraces. . . 24 
Glacial and loessial regions 23 
Glass, necessity 103 
Grading 174 
Green crops 27 
Greenhouses, advantages 119 
beds 127 
benches 127 
boiler 129 
extent used 119 
form of construction 122 
glass 125 
glazing 126 
heating 128 
location 121 
manure heated Ill 
materials 121 
painting' ...... 126 
pipes and piping 128 
position 121 
roof construction 124 
semi-iron construction 122 
size 120 
ventilators 126 
walks 127 
walls » 123 
workroom 129 
Green manures 53 
Green manures, extent used 53 
source of humus 53 
Gulf stream 13 
Gumbo 370 
Hairy vetch 56 
Hampers 171 
Hand hoes 39 
Hand sowing 135 
Hardening plants 159 
Harrowing 30 
Harvesting vegetables 163, 194 
Hellebore 88 
Hempstead loam 22 
Higher grade vegetables 192 
Hoeing 37 
Home vegetable garden, aims. . . . 489 
importance 489 
location 491 
management 492 
plans 492 
use of glass 491 
varieties 491 
Home vegetable gardening 2 
Horse-radish, companion crop. 478, 479 
culture 347 
harvesting 347 
history 346 
importance 346 
propagation 346 
