INDEX 
509 
Page 
Muskmelon, diseases 376 
fertilizing 369 
history 360 
importance 360 
insect enemies 376 
marketing 373 
Montreal 367, 376 
netting 374 
planting 370 
quality 374 
seed 364 
seed required 495 
soil 364 
soil preparation 369 
starting early plants 366 
varieties 361, 362, 363 
yields 376 
Mustard 379 
National Agricultural Conference 
Report 187 
Negro laborers 8 
Night soil 50 
Nitrate of soda 59, 60 
application 61 
Nitrogen, use 59 
Norfolk series 21 
Novelties 100 
Nozzles 87 
Oats 56 
Okra 379 
Olericulture 1 
Onion, botany 380 
Bermuda 402 
bunching 404 
climatic requirements 383 
companion crop 481, 482 
cost of production. .. .393, 400, 401 
cultivation 394 
diseases 406 
fertilizing 387 
foreign types 383 
growing from sets 392 
growing sets 402 
harvesting 396 
history 380 
importance 380 
insects 405 
irrigation 395 
marketing 400 
picklers, growing 404 
returns 400 
seed 385 
seed and sets required 495 
soil 384 
soil preparation 386 
sowing in field 389 
storing 397 
transplanting 390 
varieties 381, 382 
yields 400 
Orangeburg series 21 
Organizations 188 
Pacific Coast 24 
Pacing ! 166 
Paper pots 160 
Page 
Paris green 88 
Parsley 406 
Parsley, seed required 495 
Parsnip 407 
Parsnip, companion crop. 479, 480, 487 
Patapsco Neck 51 
Pea, climatic requirements 410 
companion crop... 479, 484, 485, 486 
composition 409 
enemies J ’ 1 
fertilizing 411 
harvesting -w * 
history 408 
importance 4.)3 
marketing 413 
planting 412 
seed required 495 
soil 411 
supporting .* 412 
varieties 409, 410 
Peach, companion crop 486 
Pepper, climatic requirements.... 414 
fertilizing 416 
harvesting 416 
history 414 
importance 414 
marketing 416 
planting 416 
seed 415 
seed required 495 
soil 414 
starting early plants 415 
varieties 414, 415 
Peppers 75 
Perennial vegetables 199, 200 
Phosphoric acid, use 62 
Piece work 9 
Piedmont plateau 23 
Pits 194 
Plank drag 32 
Plant boxes 152 
Planting distances 494 
Planting table for vegetables. 494, 495 
Plowing 29 
Potash, use 62 
Potato 1 
Potato, companion crop 485 
Potherbs 198, 199 
Pots 160 
Prices 5 
Profits 4 
Pulse crops 199 
Pumpkin 416 
Quantity of seed 494 
Radish, climatic requirements. ... 417 
companion crop. .477, 478, 479. 
480, 481, 48 T 
fertilizing 419 
history 417 
importance 417 
marketing 419 
planting . ; 418 
seed required 495 
soil 417 
varieties / 417, 418 
