xlii AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



FRANKIJN 



FllUITS 



Fkaxklix County, thorough-bied 



stock ill, 18G5 (Pt. 1), 308, 300. 

 Freejian, James O., statement of, on 



the management of orchards, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 85. 

 Free markets, necessity for. See 



Markets. 

 French, B. V., description of barn 



owned by, 1854 (Pt. 2), 241. 

 French, J. D. W., report by, on the 



management of stock, 1873 (Pt. 2), 



110; 187G (Pt. 2), 146, 148. 

 French blood in horses, effect and 



value of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 90, 91. 



— turnijis, methods of cultivation, 

 and yield of, 18C0 (Pt. 2), 186. 



Frequent stirring of the soil as an 

 expedient against drought, 1853 

 (Pt. 1), 163. 



Fresh-water cord-grass, characteris- 

 tics of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 38. 



Fringed brome-grass, characteristics 

 of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 64. 



Frog, the, of the horse's foot, should 

 always bear on the ground, 1877 

 (Pt. 1), 105, 109. 



Frosts, effects of, 1855 (Pt. 2), 77, 80. 



— action of, on cranberry-plantations, 

 guarded against. See Cranberry. 



of, on trees, 1874 (Pt. 1), 2.39. 



— in low lands, liability of, 1856 (Pt. 2), 

 28, 29. 



Fruit cellar, mode of constructing 

 and managing, 1861 (Pt. 2), 93; 1876 

 (Pt. 1),27. 



— houses, mode of constructing and 

 managing, lS66(Pt. 2), 124, 126; 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 101, 102. 



temjierature required in, 1806 



(Pt. 2), 120; 1809 (Pt. 1), 102. 



— culture, first instances of, in this 

 country, 1853 (Pt. 1), 38. 



interest in, 1853 (Pt. 1), 40 (Pt. 2), 



78, 107; 1856 (Pt. 2), 19, 85, 137; 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 61. 



best soils for, 1855 (Pt. 2), 267, 276. 



profitable, 1859 (Pt. 1), 85; 1802 



(Pt. 1), 70; 18C5 (Pt. 1), 226, 227; 1868 

 (Pt. 1), 73, 83; 1875 (Pt. 1), 177, 185. 



statistics of, 1867 (Pt. 1), 87. 



an art, 1869 (Pt. 2), 151. 



metliods of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 78, 03; 



1854 (Pt. 2), 24, 85, 99, 101; 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 93, 112, 136, 191, 195; 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 155, 190, 315; 1858 (Pt. 2), 

 364; 1859 (Pt. 1), 61, 72 (Pt. 2), 127, 



276; 1860 (Pt. 2), 91, 121; 1861 (Pt. 2), 

 201, 203; 1802 (Pt. 1), 69, 70, 78; 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 221, 223; 1865 (Pt. 2), 36, 42, 

 47, 52; 1866 (Pt. 1), 196, 209, 226, 228 

 (Pt. 2), 28,35, 38; 1867 (Pt. 2), 80, 82; 

 1868 (Pt. 1), 55, 56, 59, 62, 81, 84, 86 

 (Pt. 2), 122, 129; 1869 (Pt. 1), 96, 2.32 

 (Pt. 2), 113, 116, 119, 121, 123; 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 348, 350 (Pt. 2), 126, 128, 130, 

 134, 141, 185, 189, 193; 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 195, 204, 274, 279 (Pt. 2), 201, 207; 



1872 (Pt. 2), 148, 150, 151; 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 345, 347; 1875 (Pt. 1), 176, 177, 190, 

 201, 211 (Pt. 2), 106, 112, 115, 131, 134, 

 137; 187G (Pt. 1), 13, 20, 28, 35, 40,45, 



' 50, 53 (Pt. 2), 78, 81, 84, 89, 91, 0-1, 96, 



98; 1877 (Pt. 1), 301, 303. 

 Fruit, medicinal qualities of, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 108. 



— rooms, construction and manage- 

 ment of, 1856 (Pt. 2), 91, 92. 



— growing, influence of the seasons 

 upon, 1871 (Pt. 1), 275. 



progress in, 1873 (Pt. 1), 23, 103- 



105. 

 early history of, in this country, 



1873 (Pt. 1), 22, 103. 



— See also Apples, Grapes, Pears, 

 Peaches, &c. 



— trees, pruning of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 112; 1854 (Pt. 2), 24, 85, 101; 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 192; 1857 (Pt. 2), 316; 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 86 (Pt. 2), 129; 1868 (Pt. 2), 

 129; 1875 (Pt. 2), 101. 



washes for, 1854 (Pt. 2), 84, 85; 



1859 (Pt. 2), 130; 1875 (Pt. 1), 179, 

 187, 189, 190. 



mulching of, desirable, 1854 



(Pt. 2), 87, 89, 420. 



best locations for planting or- 

 chards of, 1857 (Pt, 2), 315; 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 73; 1862 (Pt. 1), 78. 



thorough drainage essential to 



the cultivation of, 1859 (Pt. 1), 72; 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 78; 1871 (Pt. 1), 275. 



affected by climatic and meteo- 

 rological agencies, 1859 (Pt. 1), 74; 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 70. 



manures for, and their applica- 

 tion, 1859 (Pt. 1), 75 (Pt. 2), 131; 1869 

 (Pt.l),233; 1871 (Pt.l), 276. 



diseases of, 1877 (Pt. 1), 218, 225, 



231. 



Fruits, methods of gathering and 

 preserving, 1853 (Pt. 2), 432: 1G54 

 (Pt. 2), 422; 1856 (Pt. 2), 91; lu59 



