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• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Nessley, Charles H.,
• MitwirkendeR: Martin, William H.,; Nissley, Ruth,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [1942]; ©1942
• Year of Publication: 1942
• Edition: 2nd printing, Reprint 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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