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Adaptations of varieties,97
as to habit, 97
as to foliage, 100
as to fruit, 102
Botany, 1
Canning, cost of, 118
on the farm, 118
Essentials for successful, 119
Catalog descriptions incomplete, 110
Characteristics of blossom, 25
Characteristics of fruit, 26
Development from original form, 26
Effect of conditions on, 26
Quality, 26
Characteristics of plant, 20
Checking of growth, effect upon, 20
Natural environment, 20
Uniform growth, importance of, 21
Characteristics of root, 23
Characteristics of stem and leaves, 24
Classification, 4
Cherry, 5
Cultivated varieties, 10
Currant, 4
Pear, 7
Cold-frames, construction, 53
Commercial importance of crop, 18
Cost of crop, per acre, 121
as grown for canners, 117
Covers for plant beds, 55
Cultivation, 76
Care and thoroughness necessary, 76
in greenhouse, 77
in home garden, 77
Diseases, 131
Bacterial wilt, 142
Blight, early, 135
Blight, leaf, 134
Blight, Western, 134
Cracking of fruit, 132
Damping off, 141
Edema, 133
Fusarium wilt, 144
Leaf curl, 132
Leaf mold, 135
Leaf spot, 134
Mildew, downy, 135
Mosaic disease, 133
Phytoptosis, 138
Point rot, 139
Root knot, 146
Sclerotium wilt, 145
Yellows, 134
Diseases, remedies for, 131
Bordeaux mixture, preparation of, 136
Preventatives of, 143
Spraying apparatus, 137
Spraying, importance of, 136
Sulphur spraying, 139
Distances for setting plants, 68
in field, 68
in greenhouse, 70
in home garden, 69
Drainage, importance of, 31
Essentials for best development, 28
Cultivation, 32, 76
Effect of shade, 28
Food supply, 31, 43
Heat, 30
Moisture, 30
Sunlight, 28
Exposure, 38
for early crop, 39
for greenhouse, 40
for home garden, 40
Fertilizers, 43
Amounts, 43
Character, 44
Experiments with, 45
for general application, 44
for greenhouse, 45
for home garden, 45
Flats, construction, 57
Gathering fruit, 91
Habit, 22
Handling fruit, 92
History, 14
Hotbeds, construction, 51
Hotbeds, growing fruit in, 70
House, construction, 49
Insects injurious to tomatoes, 123
Blister beetle, 125
Colorado potato beetle, 125
Cut worm, 123
Flea-beetle, 124
Stalk-borer, 127
Tomato fruit worm, 128
Tomato worm, 126
White fly, 130
Location of field as determining profit, 38
Manure
Fall dressing, 41
for cold-frames, 55
for greenhouse soil, 37
for hotbeds, 51
in preparing ground, 46
Origin, 10
Origin of name, 14
Packing, 94
Pollinating, 77
Pollination, 25
Prices obtained
at canneries, 118
for hothouse fruit, 122
for select field grown fruit, 122
Profits on crop, 122
Propagation of plants, 48
from cuttings, 49
from seed, 48, 49
in cold-frames, 53
in hotbeds, 51
in temporary greenhouses, 49
Pruning, 80
Ripening on the vines, 90
Ripening after frost, 95
Sash, cost, 49
for hotbeds, 52
for cold-frames, 53
Seed breeding, 112
Essentials to success, 113
Growing and saving commercial seed, 115
Methods followed, 115
Prices received, 116
Yields obtained, 116
Importance of breeding from individual plants, 114
Importance of exact ideals, 113
Methods recommended, 113
Principles underlying, 112
Setting plants, 70
Conditions favorable and unfavorable, 70, 71
in field, 70
in greenhouse, 74
in home garden, 74
New Jersey method, 71
Other methods, 73
Soil
Composition, importance of, 24
Conditions essential, 41
Preparation, 41, 46
for greenhouse, 47
for home garden, 47
Soil Preparation,
for main crop, 46
Importance of, 46
Selection, 33
for early crop, 36
for greenhouse, 37
for home garden, 36
for main crop, 34
Previous crop, 41
Sorting, 92
Staking, 79
Starting plants, 59
Effect of shade, 29
for early fruit, 63
for forcing, 67
for home garden, 67
for late crop, 65
in flats, 59
in greenhouse, 59
Pricking out, 60
Right conditions, 62
Spotting boards, 61
Unfavorable conditions, 63
Watering, 60
With least labor, 66
Succession, practice in the South, 42
Training, 79
for greenhouse, 88
for home garden, 85
Types, 14
Value, development of, 16
Variations,
in foliage, 100
in fruit, 102
Coloring, 106
Flesh, 105
Ripening, 106
Shape, 102
in habit, 97
Varietal differences,
as to foliage, 100
as to fruit, 102
as to growth, 97
Variety names, 108
Sources, 109
Varying application, 110
Watering, danger in, 30, 60
Yielding capacity, 22
Yield per acre, 117, 121
Yield per foot of greenhouse bench, 122