INDEX. 405 



N. 



Nectarines, tests of at South Haven substation, 288. 

 Nickerson, Miss Helen, paper by, 250. 

 Nursery industries, American, 253. 

 Nurserymen, responsibility of for mistakes, 257. 

 Nuts under test at South Haven, 300. 



0. 



Oats, for sowing in peach orcliards, 196. 

 Officers, annual election of, 79. 



of the society for 1895, 4. 

 Oldenburgh apple, profitable orchard of, 152. 

 Orchards, culture of, 18.* 



fertilization of, 181. 



implements for use in, 182. 



law to prevent pilfering from, 356. 



old, harbor insect pests, 112. 



training of, 181. 



young, care of, 179. 

 Ornamentation of streets and roads, 56. 

 Organization, lack of among fruitgrowers, 246. 



P. 



Packages for fruit, law compelling marking of, 152. 



Park areas, treatment of, 63. 



Peach, the, best varieties of, 177, 184, 188, 194, 165, 343. 



black or brown spots of, 193. 

 Peaches, defective distribution of, 351. 

 grading of in packing, 243. 

 picking and packing of, 251. 

 transportation of, 351. 

 tests of at South Haven substation, 281. 

 various packages for (illustration), 352. 

 Peach orchard, best size of trees for, 184, 345. 

 cultivation of, 185, 194. 

 distance to plant. 183. 

 fertilizers for, 185, 345. 

 location for, 341. 

 mode of planting, 184. 

 planting of, 342. 

 soil for, 183. 

 when to plant, 342. 

 Peach orchards, Michigan, 177. 

 Peach trees, early planting of desirable, 195. 

 how to select, 342. 

 diseases of, 

 Peach tree, pruning of the (illustrations 342, 343), 345. 



pruning of, 185, 195, 196. 

 Peach, the, rosette, illustration of, 342. 

 yellows, illustration of, 342. 

 Peach, Aphis, illustration of, 348. 

 Peach, borer, 182. 



mildew, illustration of, 344. 

 yellows, law concerning. 3.53. 

 Peaches, of Michigan, catalogue of. 378. 



not thinned enough, 178, 186. 

 Peach-growing for market. 340. 

 Pear borer, Stinuate, work of, 106. 

 Pears, of ]\ricliigan, cataloaue of. 380. 



tests of at South Haven substation, 236, 293. 



