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Index 



Blight, California, 270; corsmeum, 



270. 

 Bodies of water, influence of, on 



climate, 31, 32. 

 Bordeaux mixture, 219, 287. 

 Borer: peach-tree, 222 ; gas tar for, 



224 ; California peach-tree, 227 ; 



lesser peach-tree, 232 ; peach-twig, 



232 ; shot-hole, 228. 

 Botany of peach, 380. 

 Bracing limbs, 198; packages in 



car, 409. 

 Brands, grade, use of, in marketing, 



410. 

 British South Africa, peach-produc- 

 tion in, 23. 

 Brown-mite, 247. 

 Brown-rot, 255 ; in relation to cur- 



culio, 257. 

 Brush-b\u-ner, 198. 

 Bryobia pratensis, 247. 

 Buckwheat, 145. 

 Budders, skill of, 59. 

 Budding: details of, 56, 57, 58, 59; 



dormant, 62, 63 ; selection of 



buds for, 55 ; time of, 54, 59, 60. 

 Bud-mite, 251. 

 Bud-stick, 56. 

 Buds: selection of, 55; cutting 



from bud-stick, 57 ; protection of, 



in budding, 59. 

 Bur clover, 140. 



Bureau of Entomology, cited, 245. 

 Butler, P. W., quoted, 95, 96. 

 Button clover, 140, 141. 



Calcium, arsenate of, 218 ; cyanamide 

 for nematodes, 254. 



California: peach-blight, 270; peach- 

 tree borer, 227 ; varieties for, 355 ; 

 yellows, 277. 



Caliroa amygdalina, 245. 



Campbell, Judge, mentioned, 388. 



Canada, early ciilture in, 9, 10 ; 

 peach-production in, 19. 



Candole, Alphonse de, mentioned, 

 1, 2, 3 ; quoted, 2. 



Cane, 146. 



Canneries, source of pits, 50. 

 Canning peaches in California, 15 ; 



in other states, 16 ; quantity 



canned, 16, 17. 

 Capillary soil-moisture, 309. 

 Cars, refrigerator, 405 ; loading, 407. 

 Census, thirteenth, peach statistics, 



13, 14. 

 Central America, peach-production 



in, 20. 

 Cercosporella persicce, 269. 

 Chandler, W. H., cited, 203, 204, 



320 ; quoted, 205, 206. 

 Characteristics of different races, 



390 ; of principal varieties, 373. 

 Chewing insects, 218. 

 Chili, peach-production in, 20. 

 China, origin of peach in, 2, 3 ; first 



cultivation of peach in, 2. 

 Chinese cling group, see North China 



race, 387 ; characteristics of, 391. 

 Choate, R., mentioned, 387. 

 Cladosporium carpophilum, 257. 

 Classifica-tion : basis of, 382, 384 ; 



first pubHshed, 383; Onderdonk, 



system of, 384. 

 Claudius, Emperor, 389. 

 Climate : local, with reference to 



sites, 39 ; affected by topography, 



42; by elevation, 42, 43; by 



bodies of water, 31, 32. 

 Clingstone group, 382; varieties, 



373. 

 Clover: alsike, 138; bitter, 138; 



btu", 138; button, 138; crimson, 



138; Japan, 138; mammoth, 



138; red, 138; scarlet, 138; 



sweet, 140. 

 Codling-moth related to oriental 



peach-moth, 249. 

 Color of fruit influenced by thinning, 



298 ; of bark in relation to adverse 



temperatures, 324. 

 Colorado, varieties for, 357. 

 Common vetch, 131. 

 Composition of fruit, 301 ; of pits, 



302, 303 ; of kernels, 302, 303. 

 Confucius, writings of, referred to, 2. 



