Reprinted from "The Farmer's Cyclopedia"

Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1917

Copyright, 1912, by
AGRICULTURAL SERVICE COMPANY
Washington, D. C.

All rights reserved

[TABLE OF CONTENTS]

PAGE
[Its Importance] [3]
[Location] [5]
[Plan and Arrangement] [5]
[Fertilizers] [7]
[Preparation of the Soil] [9]
[Time of Planting] [10]
[Selection of Seed] [10]
[Sowing and Planting] [11]
[Tools] [15]
[Mulching] [15]
[Irrigation] [18]
[Thinning] [19]
[Transplanting] [19]
[Setting in the Open Ground] [20]
[Protection of Plants] [21]
[Harvesting, Packing and Shipping] [22]
[Canning Vegetables on the Farm] [23]
[Storing] [27]
[Early Plants in Hotbeds] [29]
[Handling Plants] [30]
[Frames Used in Truck Growing] [31]
[Ventilation] [33]
[Soils and Fertilizers] [34]
[Watering Crops] [34]
[Garden Products:]
[Anise] [35]
[Artichoke] [35]
[Asparagus] [35]
[Beans] [40]
[Beans, Lima] [46]
[Beets] [47]
[Borage] [48]
[Broccoli] [48]
[Brussels Sprouts] [49]
[Cabbage] [49]
[Calabash] [51]
[Cantaloupe] [52]
[Cardoon] [53]
[Carrot] [54]
[Cauliflower] [54]
[Celeriac] [57]
[Celery] [57]
[Cetewayo] [64]
[Chayote] [64]
[Chervil] [64]
[Chicory] [64]
[Chile] [65]
[Chive] [66]
[Citron] [66]
[Collards] [67]
[Corn Salad] [67]
[Cress] [67]
[Cucumbers] [67]
[Dandelion] [71]
[Dill] [72]
[Egg Plant] [72]
[Endive] [72]
[Fennel] [73]
[Garlic] [73]
[Ginger] [73]
[Herbs] [73]
[Horse Radish] [74]
[Ice Plant] [73]
[Kale] [74]
[Kohl-Rabi] [74]
[Leek] [75]
[Lettuce] [75]
[Lleren] [75]
[Martynia] [76]
[Melon—Muskmelon] [76]
[Melon—Watermelon] [81]
[Mustard] [82]
[Nasturtium] [82]
[New Zealand Spinach] [83]
[Okra] [83]
[Onions] [85]
[Parsley] [95]
[Parsnip] [95]
[Peas] [95]
[Peppers] [96]
[Physalis] [96]
[Potato] [97]
[Pumpkin] [116]
[Radish] [116]
[Rhubarb] [116]
[Ruta-Baga] [117]
[Salsify] [117]
[Scolymus] [117]
[Skirret] [117]
[Sorrel] [118]
[Spinach] [118]
[Squash] [118]
[Stachys] [118]
[Sweet Basil] [119]
[Sweet Corn] [119]
[Sweet Marjoram] [119]
[Sweet Potato] [119]
[Swiss Chard] [128]
[Thyme] [128]
[Tomatoes] [128]
[Turnips] [137]
[Vegetable Marrow] [137]
[Quantity of Seed to Plant] [138]
[Composition of Roots] [140]
[Authorities Consulted] [140]

[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

[A Good Collection of Home-Grown Vegetables.][Frontispiece]
[Lettuce Maturing in Home-Made COLD FRAME]
FACING PAGE
[Liquid Manure is One of the Best Acting Fertilizers] [8]
[The Wheel Hoe is the Handiest Garden Tool] [16]
[The Easiest Running Wheel Hoe Valuable for Maintaining a Dust Mulch] [16]
[Temporary Hotbeds in a City Back Yard] [30]
[Showing Vegetables Growing in Hotbed] [32]
[Celery Banked With Earth to Blanch It] [62]
[Japanese Climbing Cucumbers, Nearly Six Feet From the Ground] [68]
[Well-Grown Cucumbers] [68]
[Thorough Cultivation of the Growing Crop is an Essential of Successful Potato Raising] [110]