324 INDEX. 



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Cloy for grafting l9o 



Climbing c .t worm , '208 



Crab, a disease of the bark 20 



De'^ayed and hollow trees, treatment of 22 



Bisbarking and ringing 125 



Distance at which trees should be planted, table 'of 178 



Distance between trees in plantations 78 



Dwarf trees, what are a.. 108 



Dwarf standard trees — Dwarf bushes 178 



Effect of soil in the modification of fruit 126 



Engrafted fruits 2-3 



Forking the soil under the trees 91 



Forsyth's improved method of curing defects in trees 22 



Fruitful ness, modes of inducing 125 



Fruit ladders 211 



Fruit pickers 211 



Fruit drying houses 209 



Garden fork. Its use in the orchard 87 



Gathering, preserving and management of apples 180 



Genet apple, origin of the name 143 



GrafVing, extreme branch grafting 44 



Grafting stone fruits 47 



Grafting old orchards; time for grafting; grafting wax; setting 



the graft; after trearaent ; varieties 48-51 



Grafting and improvement 53 



Grafting tools 40 



Growth of young trees accelerated, hide bound trees 91 



Growth of moss 41 



Health and vegetation of trees 22 



Hints for Southern fruit-growers . 221 



Holes for trees 65 



Instructions for gathering, barrelling and shipping 183 



Insects injurious to the apple tree and its fruit 190 



Labels for fruit trees 188 



Large apple tree 62 



Latent powers of man and the soil 21 



Laying off orchards 67 



Lime for trees '. 127 



List of cider apples for general cultiyation 147 



List for tide- water Va., and N. Carolina 144 



List of dwarfs for middle regions South 178 



