402 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Beans, cultural requisites of 351 



preparatioa of soil for 355 



Berrien county, production of strawberries In 11 



Bitter rot of apples - 268 



Blackberry, promising new sorts of 180 



varieties of... 234 



Black-knot of the cherry 130 



plum, treatment of 173 



Blight of the pear, cause and treatment of. 370, 378 



Blossoms, composition of 361 



fertilization of '. 362 



Bone as fertilizer for plum trees 101, 102 



Bordeaux mixture, methods of making 119, 120, 123, 135, 136 



Borer, pinhole of the peach 133 



Borers, a wash to destroy 134 



in peach trees, treatment of 298, 343 



Breed weeder, proper use of 57 



Brillhart, E. L., paper by 6 



Buds, fruit, how destroyed by cold 363 



Burdick, W. S., paper by 83 



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Cabbages, cultural requisites of 353 



Canada, fruit resources of 255 



Canning industry at Hart 23 



development of 31 



Carnation, cultural methods of 251 



varieties of for profit 251 



Carnations, diseases of 253 



propagation of 252 



Cedar birds (wax wing) damage by 127 



Celery growing, remarks upon 353 



Cherry, injurious insects and diseases of. 126 



black knot of the 130 



preferred varieties of ... 135, 138 



Cherries, best stocks for 135, 137, 129, 130 



methods of culture of 125, 232 



Clovers as cover crop^ 276, 357 



comparative fertilizing value of 279 



Codlin moth, eggs of, where laid 341 



habits of 310 



methods of combating , 119, 121 



Cold, how it affects plants 363 



Cold storage of apples 273 



College graduates, value of in practical work 226 



Comings, Geo. F., paper by 169 



Commercial fruit growing, future of _ 152 



Conrath, C. J., paper by 35 



oook, Stephen, paper by 125 



Co-operative marketing 82, 148, 194 



Cover crops, experiments with 275, 280-i'86, 356 



in peach orchards 59, 232, 275 



necefs'ty for 275, 357 



Cow peas as a cover crop 277, 282, 358, 370, 374 



Craig, Prof. John, address by 255, 27.5,361 



Crimson clover and oats as a cover crop 283 



Crimson clover as a cover crop 59 



Crops between orchard rows 171, 183, 295, 375 



Cross-fertilization, methods of 39 



of melons „ 41 



value of in orchards 41 



Crown-gall of the peach . 134 



on various fruit trees 135 



treatment of 135 



