The garden yard

About this eBook

Author

Hall, Bolton, 1854-1938

Title

The garden yard : A handbook of intensive farming

Original Publication

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1900.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, A Marshall, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Vegetable gardening

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77032

Release Date

October 11, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.THE GARDEN YARD
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.CONTENTS-INDEX.
8. 8.PREFACE.
9. 9.INTRODUCTION.
10. 10.CHAPTER I. THE GARDEN YARD — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER II. THE SOIL.
12. 12.CHAPTER III. SOIL FERTILITY. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER IV. LOCATION. — MARKET.
14. 14.CHAPTER V. SEEDS.
15. 15.CHAPTER VI. PLANT-BREEDING.
16. 16.CHAPTER VII. PLANT NEEDS. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII. CROP ROTATION.
18. 18.CHAPTER IX. WEEDS.
19. 19.CHAPTER X. INSECTS AND DISEASES.
20. 20.CHAPTER XI. RE-SOILING.
21. 21.CHAPTER XII. HOW TO WORK. — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XIII. ROOT CROPS. — RADISHES. — BEETS. — CARROTS. — TURNIPS. — PARSNIPS. — SALSIFY. — HORSE-RADISH.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIV. TUBER CROPS. — POTATOES. — SWEET POTATOES. — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER XV. BULB CROPS. — LEEKS . — GARLIC. — SHALLOT. — CIBOULE AND CIVES. — ONIONS.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVI. COLE CROPS. — CABBAGE. — KALE. — BRUSSELS SPROUTS. — CAULIFLOWER. — KOHLRABI. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XVII. POT-HERB CROPS. — SPINACH. — CHARD. — MUSTARD. — DANDELION. — PURSLANE.
27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII. SALAD CROPS. — LETTUCE. — ENDIVE. — CHICORY. — CRESS. — CORN SALAD. — PARSLEY. — SALAD CHERVIL. — CELERY. — CELERIAC. — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.CHAPTER XIX. PULSE CROPS. — PEAS. — BEANS. — LIMA BEANS. — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.CHAPTER XX. SOLANACEOUS CROPS. — TOMATOES. — EGGPLANT. — PEPPERS. — HUSK TOMATO.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXI. VINE OR CUCURBITOUS CROPS. — CUCUMBER AND GHERKIN. — MUSKMELON. — WATERMELON. — PUMPKIN AND SQUASH.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXII. UNCLASSIFIED ANNUALS. — SWEET CORN. — OKRA OR GUMBO. — MARTYNIA.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIII. HERBS, SWEET AND CONDIMENTAL.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIV. PERENNIAL CROPS. — ASPARAGUS. — RHUBARB. — DOCKS AND SORRELS. — ARTICHOKE. — SEA-KALE. — FOOTNOTES:
34. 34.CHAPTER XXV. SPECIALTIES.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVI. WATCHING AND SPRAYING.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVII. FERTILIZERS.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXVIII. MORE ABOUT FERTILIZERS. — FOOTNOTES:
38. 38.CHAPTER XXIX. ROOT HOUSES AND VEGETABLE PITS.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXX. SOME SMALL FRUITS.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXI. THE POULTRY RUN. — FOOTNOTES:
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXII. ORGANIZATION.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIII. A FEW PRACTICAL “DON’TS.”
43. 43.Appendix I.
44. 44.Appendix II.
45. 45.Appendix III. — FOOTNOTES:
46. 46.Appendix IV.
47. 47.Untitled

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