Home Vegetable Gardening

✍ Scribed by Charles H. Nessley; Ruth Nissley; William H. Martin

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 256
• Edition: 2nd printing, Reprint 2022
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF VEGETABLE GARDENING
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
SEED
PREPARING THE GARDEN SOIL
GROWING EARLY PLANTS FOR THE GARDEN
COMMON GARDEN PLANTING PRACTICES
STORING VEGETABLES FOR WINTER USE
GARDEN PESTS AND THEIR CONTROL
DISEASES ATTACKING VEGETABLE CROPS
RELATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF VITAMINS
A LIST OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VEGETABLES
ARTICHOKE
ASPARAGUS
BEANS
BEETS
BROCCOLI
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
CABBAGE
CHINESE CABBAGE
CARROTS
CAULIFLOWER
CELERY
CELERIAC OR KNOB CELERY
CHARD (SWISS CHARD)
CHICORY OR FRENCH ENDIVE
CHIVES
COLLARDS
CRESS-WATER
CUCUMBERS
DANDELION
EGGPLANT
ENDIVE
GARLIC
HORSE-RADISH
KALE
KOHLRABI
LEEKS
LETTUCE
MUSHROOMS
MUSKMELON OR CANTALOUPE
MUSTARD GREENS
OKRA
ONIONS
PARSLEY
PARSNIPS
PEAS
PEPPERS
PUMPKINS
RADISHES
RHUBARB
RUTABAGA
SALSIFY (OYSTER PLANT)
SHALLOT
SORREL
SPINACH
SQUASH
SWEET CORN
SWEET POTATOES
TOMATOES
TURNIPS
WATERMELONS
WHITE OR IRISH POTATOES
HERB CROPS
SEED AND SEED TREATMENT