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Section	Title	Reader	Notes	Listen Url	Status
1	CHAPTER I TREE-PLANTING - Part 1	jarewies	@3130 words. End with: From the nurseries we can obtain specimens that beautify other regions of our broad land; as, for instance, the Kentucky yellow-wood, the papaw, the Judas-tree, and, in the latitude of New Jersey and southward, the holly. 35:22	Listen	Ready for PL
2	CHAPTER I TREE-PLANTING - Part 2	jarewies	@2970 words. Start with: In many instances the purchaser of the acre may find a lasting pleasure in developing a specialty. deadline June 16		Assigned
3	CHAPTER II FRUIT-TREES AND GRASS – Part 1	ccaudio	@3030 words. End with: If with the lapse of years it becomes necessary to take off large limbs from any fruit-tree, the authorities recommend early June as the best season for the operation. Deadline July 1.		Assigned
4	CHAPTER II FRUIT-TREES AND GRASS – Part 2	ccaudio	@2460 words. Begin with: It will soon be discovered—quite likely during the first summer—that fruit-trees have enemies, that they need not only cultivation and feeding, but also protection.Deadline July 1.		Assigned
5	CHAPTER III THE GARDEN – Part 1	JoshBurkhead	@2500 words. End with: The vine is like woman, the inspiration of the best and the worst. Deadline July 7		Assigned
6	CHAPTER III THE GARDEN – Part 2	JoshBurkhead	@3750 words. Begin with: It may well become one of the dreams of our life to own land, if for no other reason than that of obtaining the privilege of planting vines. Deadline July 7		Assigned
7	CHAPTER IV THE VINEYARD AND ORCHARD – Part 1		@3240 words. End with: For the mysteries of hybridizing and raising new seedlings, grafting, hot-house and cold grapery culture, the reader must look in more extended works than this, and to writers who have had experience in these matters.		Open
8	CHAPTER IV THE VINEYARD AND ORCHARD – Part 2		@3360 words. Begin with: We shall next consider three fruits which upon the Home Acre may be regarded as forming a natural group-peaches, plums, and raspberries, if any one expresses surprise that the last-named fruit should be given this relationship, I have merely to reply that the raspberry thrives in the partial shade produced by such small trees as the peach and plum.		Open
9	CHAPTER V THE RASPBERRY - Part 1	ehsanesque	18:57 End with: During all this period the partial shade of small trees will be beneficial rather than otherwise, for it should be remembered that sheltered localities are the natural habitat of the raspberry.	Listen	PL OK
10	CHAPTER V THE RASPBERRY - Part 2	ehsanesque	17:58 Begin with: By a little inquiry the reader can learn whether varieties of the foreign class are grown successfully in his vicinity.	Listen	PL OK
11	CHAPTER VI THE CURRANT – Part 1		@ 2680 words. End with: Those who are fond of black currants can, at almost any nursery, procure the Black Naples and Lee's Prolific. Either variety will answer all practical purposes. I confess they are not at all to my taste.		Open
12	CHAPTER VI THE CURRANT – Part 2		@ 3090 words. Begin with: From the currant we pass on naturally to the gooseberry, for in origin and requirements it is very similar		Open
13	CHAPTER VII STRAWBERRIES - Part 1		@ 3470 words End with: This should never be forgotten if one would maintain a continuous supply of berries, otherwise he will be like those born on the 29th of February, and have only occasional birthdays.		Open
14	CHAPTER VII STRAWBERRIES - Part 2		@ 3440 words. Begin with: If the old bed is just where you wish, and has been prepared in the thorough manner described, it can be renewed in the following manner…		Open
15	CHAPTER VIII THE KITCHEN-GARDEN – Part 1		@ 3270 words End with: Active broods of little chickens here and there in the garden are the best of insecticides, and pay for themselves twice over in this service alone.		Open
16	CHAPTER VIII THE KITCHEN-GARDEN – Part 2	KevinS	13:07 Begin with: We will next speak of the ONION, because it is so hardy that the earlier it is planted in spring the better.	Listen	PL OK
17	CHAPTER IX THE KITCHEN-GARDEN (Concluded) – Part 1	jenno	29.44. End with: The Boston Marrow is one of the best fall sorts; the Hubbard and Marblehead are the best winter varieties.	Listen	PL OK
18	CHAPTER IX THE KITCHEN-GARDEN (Concluded) – Part 2	jenno	24.37 Begin with: When we come to plant musk-melons we must keep them well away from the two above-named vegetables, or else their pollen will mix, producing very disagreeable hybrids.	Listen	PL OK