Chapter XXIV: Perennial Crops 201-215

What they are 201
“ “ need 201
Asparagus 201
Cultivation 201
Enemies 206, 207
Growing from seed 203
Harvesting 204
Marketing 205
Planting 202
Soil requirements 201
Tillage 202
Winter protection 205
Yield 206
Rhubarb 208
Cellar plots 210
Forced growth 210, 211
Nature, hardy 208
New culture 209
Planting 208
Profitable growing 209
Soil needs 208
Yield 211
Docks and Sorrels 211
Varieties 211
Artichoke 212
Jerusalem and French Globe 212
Sowing 212
Stock feed 213
Uses 214
Ways of the artichoke 213, 214
Winter mulch 213
Yield 214
Sea-kale 214
Blanching 215
Care 215
How it grows 214

CHAPTER XXV.—SPECIALITIES 216-226
Asparagus 218
Celery 218
Chestnuts 217
Mushrooms 218
Onions and potatoes 218
300 bushels to the acre 218, 225
Other specialties 226
Specializing and profits 216, 217
Strawberries 225

CHAPTER XXVI.—WATCHING AND SPRAYING 227-236
Arsenical sprays 233
Bordeaux mixture, what it will do and how to make it 229, 230
Emulsions 235
Kerosene emulsions 234
Manufacture and use 234, 235
Need of watching 227
Paris green 232
Spraying as a remedy 228
Spraying mixture 228, 235
Uses 232
Value of spraying, the 235

CHAPTER XXVII.—FERTILIZERS 237-249
Best are cheapest 241, 242, 243
Care of manure, the 240
Natural and chemical 237, 238
What each contains 238, 239
What fertilizer is 237
Wire basket, soil needs test 244, 249

CHAPTER XXVIII.—MORE ABOUT FERTILIZERS 250-257
Experiments show, what 250, 251
Growing crops and fertilizers 255
Manure contains, what 257
Potassium, kainit, wood ashes and lime 252, 253
Value of “check plats,” the 253, 254
Valuable elements 250

CHAPTER XXIX.—ROOT HOUSES AND VEGETABLE PITS 258-259
How to build one 258, 259
Uses, their 258
Varieties of pits 259