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Index 



Leaf-blight. 265. 



Leaf-curl, 258. 



Leaf-spot, 265. 



Leguminous cover-crops, 120 ; green- 

 manure crops, 120; soil require- 

 ments of, 126. 



Lespedeza, 140, 141. 



Lighting orchard heaters, 335. 



Lime, arsenate of, 218. 



Lime, use of with arsenate of lead, 

 284. 



Lime-crude-oil-mixture, 228. 



Lime-sulfur mixtures, 279 ; direc- 

 tions for making, 280; as fungi- 

 cides, 218; for leaf-curl, 259; 

 self-boiled, 219, 285. 



Limiting factor in plant-foods, 153. 



Linseed oil emulsion, 245, 283. 



Little-leaf, 277. 



Little-peach, 262. 



Little Turk, 219. 



Loading cars, 407 ; methods of, 407 ; 

 details of, 408, 409; placing 

 packages in, 408 ; bracing pack- 

 ages, 409. 



Location, orchard, defined, 26 ; essen- 

 tials of, 26 ; with reference to 

 climatic conditions, 28, 29 ; mar- 

 kets, 33 ; range of species, 27, 28. 



Locations with reference to commu- 

 nity interests, 34 ; economic condi- 

 tions, 34 ; ripening of fruit, 35. 



Louisiana, varieties for, 362. 



Lyon, Henry, mentioned, 385, 387. 



McCue, C. A., cited, 343; quoted, 



165, 167. 

 Mackintosh, R. S., cited, 382. 

 Mammoth clover, 138. 

 Marketing, distribution of fruit in, 



411, 414; essentials of, 410; use 



of brands in, 410. 

 Markets with reference to location, 35. 

 Maryland : early culture in, 5, 6, 



9, 10, 11; first large orchard in, 



10 ; varieties for, 362. 

 Massachusetts horticultural society, 



mentioned, 388. 



Massachusetts, varieties for, 363. 



Maturity of fruit, degree of, for pick- 

 ing, 396 ; determination of, 390. 



Medicago hispida denticulata, 140. 



Melilotus alba, 142 ; M. indica, 120, 

 141, 142; M. officinalis, 142. 



Methods: of culture in relation to 

 winter injury, 317 ; of lighting 

 heaters, 334 ; of propagation, 47 ; 

 of selling fruit, 414 ; selling on 

 tracks, 414 ; selling at auction. 

 414; of thinning, 300. 



Mexico, peach-production in, 20. 



Meyer, Frank N., mentioned, 3. 



Michigan agricultural college, be- 

 havior of Prunus Davidiana at, 

 48. 



Michigan, varieties for, 364. 



Mildew, frosty-, 269 ; powdery-, 

 268. 



Millet, German, 146. 



Miscible oils, 282 ; to control peach- 

 lecanium, 244 ; to control peach- 

 tree borers, 225. 



Missouri experiment station, ferti- 

 lizer experiments by, 167, 168. 



Missouri, varieties for, 364. 



Mite, brown, 247. 



Mulch crop, defined, 113; when to 

 sow, 121. 



Myzus persiccB, 235. 



Nebraska experiment station, men- 

 tioned, 147. 



Nematodes, 253 ; cowpea varieties 

 immune to, 254; freeing land of, 

 254. 



Ness, H., mentioned, 62, 63. 



New England, introduction of 

 peaches into, 5. 



New Hampshire, varieties for, 364. 



New Jersey, experiment station, 

 cited, 87, 88; mentioned, 157, 

 161, 297. 



New Jersey, varieties for, 365. 



New Mexico, varieties for, 365. 



New York experiment station, men- 

 tioned, 161. 



