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rosette in tomatoes.

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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