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By F. F. ROCKWELL
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A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE PLANTING AND CARE OF ALL VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND BERRIES WORTH GROWING FOR HOME USE.
With some, the home vegetable garden is a hobby; with others, especially in these days of high prices, a great help. There are many in both classes whose experience in gardening has been restricted within very narrow bounds, and whose present spare time for gardening is limited. It is as "first aid" to such persons, who want to do practical, efficient gardening, and do it with the least possible fuss and loss of time, that this book is written. In his own experience the author has found that garden books, while seldom lacking in information, often do not present it in the clearest possible way. It has been his aim to make the present volume first of all practical, and in addition to that, though comprehensive, yet simple and concise. If it helps to make the way of the home gardener more clear and definite, its purpose will have been accomplished.
Table of Contents
HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
WHY YOU SHOULD GARDEN
REQUISITES OF THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN
EXPOSURE
THE SOIL
DRAINAGE
SOIL ANTECEDENTS
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
THE PLANTING PLAN
CHECK LIST
PLANTING TABLE
PLANTING TABLE
REFERENCE NOTES FROM THE TABLES
IMPLEMENTS AND THEIR USES
TOOLS FOR PREPARING THE SEED-BED
FOR FIGHTING PLANT ENEMIES
MANURES AND FERTILIZERS
THE THEORY OF MANURING
VARIOUS MANURES
VALUE OF GREEN MANURING
CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS
VARIOUS FERTILIZERS
MIXED FERTILIZERS
HOME MIXING
APPLYING MANURES
THE SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION
PREPARING THE SOIL
PLOWING
HARROWING
FINING.
Part Two—Vegetables
STARTING THE PLANTS
PREPARING THE SOIL
SOWING THE SEED
STARTING PLANTS OUTSIDE
SOWING AND PLANTING
WHEN TO SOW OUTDOORS
METHODS OF PLANTING
SOWING THE SEED
SETTING OUT PLANTS
AFTER-CARE
THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES
ROTATION OF CROPS
THE VEGETABLES AND THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS
ROOT CROPS
LEAF CROPS
THE FRUIT CROPS
BEST VARIETIES OF THE GARDEN VEGETABLES
INSECTS AND DISEASES AND METHODS OF FIGHTING THEM
MECHANICAL REMEDIES
DESTRUCTIVE REMEDIES
POISONOUS REMEDIES
PRECAUTIONS
HARVESTING AND STORING
Part Three—Fruits and Berries
THE VARIETIES OF POME AND STONE FRUITS
APPLES
PEARS
PEACHES
PLUMS
CHERRIES
PLANTING: CULTIVATION: FILLER CROPS
PLANTING
SETTING
CULTIVATION
PRUNING, SPRAYING, HARVESTING
APPLE ENEMIES
CHERRY ENEMIES
PEACH ENEMIES
PEAR ENEMIES
PLUM ENEMIES
BERRIES AND SMALL FRUITS
SETTING THE PLANTS
METHODS OF GROWING
CULTIVATION
MULCHING
INSECTS AND DISEASE
VARIETIES
THE BLACKBERRY
BLACKBERRY VARIETIES
THE DEWBERRY
RASPBERRY
RASPBERRY ENEMIES
RASPBERRY VARIETIES
CURRANTS
PRUNING CURRANTS
ENEMIES OF THE CURRANT
VARIETIES OF CURRANTS
THE GOOSEBERRY
GOOSEBERRY ENEMIES
GOOSEBERRY VARIETIES
THE GRAPE
GRAPE PRUNING
A CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
AND THEN
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