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Index 



6, 9, 10, 11; New Jersey, 6; 

 Pennsylvania, 8 ; Virginia, 5, 6, 8. 



Effects of overirrigation, 310. 



Elberta variety, relative impor- 

 tance of, 35, 36, 373, 414 ; signifi- 

 cance of ripening dates of, 414. 



Elements of plant-food required, 149. 



Elevation, relative and actual above 

 sea-level, 41 ; effect of on local cli- 

 mate, 42. 



Emerson, R. A., cited, 146. 



Emulsion, linseed oil, 245, 283. 



Entomology, bureau of, cited, 245. 



Equipment, orchard, enumerated, 

 342 ; cost of, 342 ; for orchard- 

 heating, 333; cost of, 335; for 

 the packing house, 398 ; for 

 spraying, 292. 



Eulecanium nigro-fasciatum, 242. 



Europe, peach-production in, 21. 



Eustace, H. J., cited, 247, 248, 343. 



Exoascics deformans, 258. 



Experiments to determine plant- 

 food needs, 171, 172, 173. 



Failures in orchard management, 100. 



Felton, W. B., mentioned, 325. 



Fertility, self-, of varieties, 352. 



Fertilizer : complete, use of, 153, 

 154 ; local character of problem, 

 152, 170 ; experiments in Dela- 

 ware, 165 ; experiments in West 

 Virginia, 162, 163. 



Fertilizers : cost of, 340 ; effect of, 

 on winter-injury, 169, 170; use 

 of, does it pay, 174. 



Field peas, 136 ; varieties of, 137. 



Filler-crop, defined, 111. 



Filler-crops, kind to use, 115, 120. 



Fire-pots for orchard heating, 332 ; 

 number required, 332. 



First year pruning, 181. 



Flavor influenced by thinning, 298. 



Florida, varieties for, 359. 



Flowers of sulfur, 269. 



Formosa, peach-production in, 23. 



Forms of soil moisture, 308, 309. 



Free soil moisture, 308. 



Freestone group, 382 ; varieties, 373. 



Frosts, correlation of, to blossoming, 

 30. 



Frosty-mildew, 269. 



Frozen trees, treatment of, 77. 



Fruit, ripening of, influenced by 

 fertilizers, 166 ; size of, influenced 

 by nitrogen, 170. 



Fruit-buds, distinguished from leaf- 

 buds, 189 ; position of, 188 ; prun- 

 ing with reference to, 188, 189 ; 

 winter protection of, by white- 

 washing, 323. 



Fuel for orchard-heating, 331. 



Fulton, S. H., cited, 225 ; quoted, 192. 



Fumigating nursery stock, 239. 



Fungicides, 219. 



Fungicides, important : atomic sul- 

 fur, 287 ; bordeatix mixture, 287 ; 

 self -boiled lime-sulfur mixture, 285. 



Gas tar to control borers, 224. 



Geographical distribution of indus- 

 try, 17. 



Georgia, early culture in, 6 ; varie- 

 ties for, 359. 



German millet, 146. 



Germany, peach-production in, 21. 



Germination of pits, freezing not 

 essential to, 54. 



Gore, H. C., cited, 301. 



Grade-specifications, 402. 



Grades for fruit, 402. 



Grades of trees for planting, 66, 67, 

 68, 69. 



Grading fruit, 401. 



Green-manure crop, defined, 112; 

 crops enumerated, 120 ; effect 

 of, enumerated, 118, 119; relation 

 of, to soil condition, 117; time of 

 sowing, 121. 



Green peach-aphis, 235. 



Green, W. J., quoted, 317, 318. 



Growing trees in nursery, 62. 



Gummosis, 276; causes of, 67. 



Hairy vetch, 129 ; resistance to 

 alkali, 129. 



