INDEX 



(Numbers refer to pages. An index to varieties will be found at 

 the beginning of the chapter on each fruit.) 



Blueberries, 200; color of, 79. 



Blueberry, high, pomological charac- 

 ters, 201; low, habitat of, 

 202; low, pomological charac- 

 ters, 202. 



Bramble-fruits, color of, 74; flesh, 

 75; shapes, 74; size, 74. 



Brambles, 175; core, 74; fruits of, 

 73; leaves, 37-38. 



Brush of grape, 76. 



Bud, defined, 22. 



Bud-scales, 22. 



Bud-variations, 26. 



Budding, 22. 



Buds, adventitious, 25 ; appressed 

 and free, 26; classified as to 

 arrangement : alternate, op- 

 posite, 25; classified as to 

 position: accessory, axillary, 

 dormant, latent, lateral, rest- 

 ing, supernumerary, terminal, 

 23-24; kinds of: compound- 

 flower, fruit, main, mixed, 

 secondary, 23; stalked and 

 sessile, 26; time of opening, 

 26. 



Bundle-scars, 21. 



Bush-fruits, leaves, 38. 



Achenes, 79. 



Andraecium, 40. 



Annual rings, 18. 



Annuals, 8. 



Anther, 41. 



Apex of drupes, 69. 



Apple, 106; descriptive blank, 112- 

 113 ; distinguished from crab- 

 apple, 107 ; distinguished 

 from pear, 106 ; habitat and 

 history, 108. 



Apples, classification of varieties, 

 111 ; distribution in North 

 America, 109; index to va- 

 rieties, 210; key to varieties, 

 212-218. 



Apricot, 132; black, 134; cultiva- 

 tion of in North America, 

 133 ; distinguished from plum 

 and peach, 132; habitat and 

 history, 133. 



Apricots, index to varieties, 313 ; 

 Japanese, 134; key to va- 

 rieties, 313-314; Russian, 133. 



Axial sac in pomes, 63 



B 



Bark, color and bloom, 20; defined, 

 19 ; parts of : bast, corky 

 layer, epidermis, inner, mid- 

 dle, outer, 19. 



Basin, in pomes, 56. 



Beak of grape seed, 77. 



Berries, defined, 76. 



Biennials, 8. 



Binomial names, 102. 



Binomial system, 101. 



Blackberries, 182; index to varieties, 

 426. 



Blackberry, European, 183 ; Euro- 

 pean, habitat and historv, 

 183. 



Bloom, of bark, 21 ; on pome-fruits, 

 57. 



C 



Callus, 25. 



Calyx, 40, 44 ; in pomes, 57 ; kinds 

 of: gamosepalous, polysepal- 

 ous, 44. 



Calyx-lobes, 44. 



Calyx-tube, 44 ; of pomes, 66, 67. 



Cambium, 19. 



Canes, 10, 14. 



Carpels in pomes, 62. 



Cavity, of drupes, 69 ; in pomes, 56. 



Chalaza of grape-seed, 77. 



Cherries, 153; Amarelles, 155; Bi- 

 garreaus, 158; Dukes, 158; 

 Geans, 157; hybrid, 158; in- 

 dex to varieties, 319; key to 

 cultivated species, 153; key 



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