INDEX. 



A. 



American Fruitgrowers' Union, organization of 139 



Annual meeting, proceedings of 189 



Ants in orcliards 181 



Ashes as a fertilizer for peaches -- - fiO 



tmallfruits - -' 102 



Aphis, hlack, description and treatment of - 133 



Aphis of the peach root 343, 345 



Apple, best summer varieties of 371 



winter varieties of 370 



Apple culture, met Uods of : - 160,259,262,266 



status of in Michigan 258 



Apple growing, future of in Illinois 151' 



Apple, notes on new varieties of s ^33, 234, 240 



orchard =, spraying of - 161 



preferred varieties of 263 



sweet, best variety of 103 



Apple trees, soil elements required while bearing 281 



growing 281 



trees, staying of when loaded 259 



Apples, bitter rot of 388 



care of before packing 260, 264, 268 



cold storage of 273 



dry rot of 270 



export of from Nova Scotia. -- 257 



heating of 273 



manner of g-ithering 264 



marketing of 161 



more a staple than other fruits 2H6 



profitable as other fruits 159, 163,259,260,369 



spraying of, necessary 274 



sweating of .". 273 



ApricotP, Russian, regrafting 101 



Arsenio, use of, instead of Paris green 179 



Arsenic il spray not dangerous to health 121 



Army worms, treatment of 341 



Ashee, how applied as a fertilizer 281 



B. 



Bananas, effects of, on sale of indigenous fruits 377 



Barnett, Geo. W., paper by 149,213 



Barnyard manure, when best to apply 376 



Beach, Prof. S A , paper by 64 



Bean, Lima, varieties of 354 



plants, some peculiarities of 351 



weevils, treatment of 367 



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