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List of late blooming varieties 121 



List of early bearing varieties 145 



List of varieties for sandy soils 145 



List of varieties for slaty soils 145 



List of varieties for preserving and ornament 147 



List for the tidewater or maritime districts of the South 147 



List for the mountainous sections of the South, Piedmont regions, 

 and upper parts of Maryland, Summer, Fall and Winter vari- 

 eties 150 



List for the Valley of -Va., West Va., and Southwestern States, 

 including portions of the Western States for a succession, in- 

 cluding some valuable new varieties 160 



List of Prof. Saunders, Agricultural bureau, Washington city 172 



List, Woodman's for Stanford, Kentucky 



List for small orchard, or garden. 147 



List of Southern varieties for general cultivation far South 126 



London D. H. fruit merchant, N. Y. city, letter from 183 



Locations for orchard 126 



Low heads vs. high heads 101 



Manure for trees 66 



Marking fruit trees 87 



Means employed by unskilled farmers to injure their trees , 90 



Medications for the wounds of fruit trees 103 



Missouri apples 175 



Moss, remedies for Ill 



Mulching 77 



Notched board for setting trees 71 



Northern vs. Southern apples 140 



Notched board 71 



Number of trees to an acre at various distances 177 



Nursery for propagating plants and trees 56 



Orchard, utility of, extent, situation aspect and soil 58 



Overbearing and its remedies 131 



Pears, old worthless trees 52 



Preparation of the holes or places 72 



Piedmont region of Virginia 74 



Planting trees 76 



Plaster for large wounds 105 



Ploughing among fruit trees 90-64 



Propagaton of fruits, by planting tbe leaves, by covering twigs 



with moss, by seeds, by budding, by grafting 34-40 



Pruning, 96 ; Management of Standards, 97 ; Time to com- 

 mence, 98, Pruning to favor luxuriant growth, 100: Pruning 



instruments 100 



