INDEX. 531 



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Home Fruits--- -. 391 



Foreign Fruits 395 



Flowers .-- - 396 



A Grand Success - 397 



Snout Beetles Injurious to Fruits — Chas. V. Riley 398 



The Curculionidce, or Snout Beetles. 305 



The Common Plum Curculio ( Illustrated ) 307 



It is Nocturnal, rather than Diurnal - . . 311 



The Ransom Chip-Trap Process - 311 



Keeping in check by the offer of Premiums. - 315 



Jarring by Machinery (Illustrated)-.. 315 



Two True Parasites of <^he Plum Curculio ( Illustrated ). 319 



The Apple Curculio (Illustrated) 337 



Its Natural History 339 



It Transforms in the Fruit 330 



The Amount of Damage it does 338 



The Season of the Year during which it Works 333 



Remedies and Preventive Measures 333 



The Quince' Curculio ( Illustrated ) 335 



How it Differs from others 335 



Its Transformations and Habits 337 



Remedies 339 



The Plum-Gouger (Illustrated ) 341 



Its Character, Distribution, and Food 841 



Often mistaken for the Plum Curculio. _- 343 



Its Time of Appearance, and History- 343 



Remedies 344 



The Strawberry Crown Borer ( Illustrated ) 344 



Conclusion __ 349 



Report of Delegation to American Pomological Society 357 



Address of President Wilder 369 



Lessons of Experience 373 



The Influence of Warm, Dry Seasons .- 373 



Draining of Fruit Lands 373 



Preparation and Cultivation of the Soil 373 



Manures and their Application 374 



Mulching 374 



Thinnmg of Fruit.-- 375 



Insects and Diseases 375 



Shelter 378 



Meteorology 379 



Originating New Varieties - 380 



