Index 



43S 



planting, 89 ; seriousness of stubs 

 in, 179 ; systems of, 180 ; time 

 of, 178, 209; time required for, 

 341; to form top, 187; to over- 

 come winter injury, 206 ; to re- 

 new tops, 210; to shape tree-top, 

 189; tools for, 180; tops for 

 planting, 89, 90, 91 ; treating 

 wounds made in, 179. 

 Pruning in detail: first year, — im- 

 portance of, 179 ; shaping top, 

 180, 181, 184; in summer, 182, 

 183 ; second year, — details of, 

 185, 186 ; third year, — details of, 



187, 188 ; subsequent to third year, 



188. 189. 



Pruning with reference to: fruit 

 buds, 188, 189; habit of growth, 

 186 ; rest period of trees, 204 ; 

 winter injury, 203. 



Prunus Be^seyi, 49 ; P. Davidiana, 

 48, 49 ; P. Persica, 381 ; P. Persica 

 var. loevis, 382 ; P. Persica var. nec- 

 tarina, 382. 



Prunus Davidiana, beha\'ior of at 

 Michigan agricultural college, 48. 



Puccinia spinosce, 269. 



Quaintance, A. L.. cited, 225 ; 

 quoted, 280, 282. 



Races of peaches, description of, 384 ; 



significance of, 384. 

 Rape, 145. 

 Red clover, 138. 

 Red-spider, 24S. 



Refrigerator-car temperatures, 405. 

 Reimer, F. C, cited, 385. 

 Removal of large limbs, 179. 

 Removal of tops of stock after 



budding, 60, 61. 

 Renewal of tops by budding, details 



of, 215 ; reasons for, 215. 

 Renewal of tops by deheading. 



details of, 212; reasons for, 211; 



limits of. 213. 

 Renewal of tops by grafting, details 



of, 218, 217; limita of, 216; by 



shield-grafting, 216; by side- 

 grafting, 216. 



Renewal of tops by pruning, 210- 

 time of, 211. 



Reservoirs for fuel oil, 3-34. 



Rest-period of trees in relation to 

 winter injury, 204. 



Rickard, C. C, mentioned, 325. 



Ripening of fruit: delayed by 

 cultural methods, 99 ; sequence 

 of ripening. 350, 351, 353; influ- 

 enced by thinning, 298. 



Rolfs, F. M., cited, 274. 



Root-rot, 275. 



Roots : protecting while planting, 

 92 ; pruning for planting, 89. 



Rosette. 264. 



Rules of nomenclature, 378. 



Russia, peach-production in, 22. 



Rust, 269. 



Rye, 144. 



Salwey variety, pits of, for stocks, 



50. 

 San Jos^ scale, 2.36. 

 Sanninoidea exitiosa, 222 ; opalescens, 



227. 

 Saw-fly, 246. 

 Scab, peach, 257, 

 Scarlet clover, 132. 

 Schedule of spray applications. 2^0. 

 Sclerotinia fructigena, 255. 

 Scolytus nigulosxis, 228. 

 Scott. W. M.. cited, 255, 256 ; quoted, 



257, 285. 

 Second year pruning, 185, 186. 

 Secondary crop, a business feature, 



114; defined. Ill; place of. 113, 



114. 

 Seedling orchards, sources of pits, 50. 

 Seeds, proportional size of, 301. 

 Selection of buds for propagation, 55. 

 Self-boUed lime-svdfur mixture. 219; 



development of. 256 ; directions 



for making, 285. 

 Self-fertility of varieties. 352. 

 Selling fruit, on track. 414 : at auc- 

 tion, 414. 



