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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