Home Vegetable Gardening

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Fredrick Frye Rockwell 1911
English
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WHY YOU SHOULD VEGETABLE GARDEN
  • REQUISITES OF THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN
  • THE PLANTING PLAN
  • IMPLEMENTS AND THEIR USES
  • MANURES AND FERTILIZERS
  • THE SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION
  • STARTING THE PLANTS
  • SOWING AND PLANTING
  • THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES
  • THE VEGETABLES AND THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS
  • BEST VARIETIES OF THE GARDEN VEGETABLES
  • INSECTS AND DISEASE, AND METHODS OF FIGHTING THEM
  • HARVESTING AND STORING
  • THE VARIETIES OF POME AND STONE FRUITS
  • PLANTING; CULTIVATION; FILLER CROPS
  • PRUNING, SPRAYING, HARVESTING
  • BERRIES AND SMALL FRUITS
  • A CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS
  • CONCLUSION
Either as hobby or a great economic help, home vegetable gardens are valued. With spare time limited, this book is a great aid to those who want to do "practical, efficient gardening" . Mr. Rockwell, author of no less than 20 botanical books, intended to make this book the most practical, comprehensive and concise manual so that the home gardener may accomplish their cultivating desires. - Summary by Christine Rottger excerpted from Preface

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