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 Transcriber's Notes The following typographical errors have been corrected: Page 61: "... necessary. When plants are set in ..." (had 'plans'). Page 107: "... these respects we have varieties ..." (had 'resepcts'). Page 117: "... the question, "What is the best ..." (had 'queston'). Page 148: "Mildew, downy, 135" (had 'downey'). Page 149: "Pollinating, 77" (had 'Pollenating'). Page 149: "Pollination, 25" (had 'Pollenation'). The archaic spelling of "hight" is as used throughout the original. '_' is used to denote italics, and '=' is used to denote bold typeface.