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Index 



Shade-crop, defined, 112; kinds to 

 use, 123 ; reasons for, 122. 



Sheds to protect trees, 322. 



Shield-budding, 47. 



Shield-grafting, 216, 217. 



Shipping by express, 405 ; in refrig- 

 erator cars, 405. 



Shot-hole, 265. 



Side-grafting, 216, 217. 



Simanton, F. L., cited, 283, 284. 



Sims, Wm., quoted, 191. 



Site, orchard, defined, 27. 



Sites for orchards with reference to : 

 drainage, 39 ; elevation, 39 ; local 

 climate, 39 ; slope, 39, 44, 45 ; soil, 

 37 ; subsoil, 38 ; topography, 39. 



Sizes of trees for planting, 67, 68, 69. 



Sizing fruit, 401. 



Slope in relation to sites, 39, 44, 45. 



Slug, peach- and plum-, 245. 



Smith, Erwin F., quoted, 4, 5, 6, 7, 

 8,9. 



Smith, J. B., quoted, 243. 



Smith, R. E., quoted, 271. 



Smudge pots, number required, 322 ; 

 types of, 331. 



Snow-storms, effect of, on blossoms, 

 31, 315. 



Sod in peach orchards, 123. 



Soil: physical condition in relation 

 to fertility, 151 ; preparation of, 

 for planting, 77, 78 ; packing 

 about roots in planting, 93. 



Soil-fertility : bacterial activities in 

 relation to, 151 ; maintaining, 

 99 ; physical condition in rel0,tion 

 to, 151 ; present conception of, 

 103, 104. 

 Soil-moisture : conservation of, 102 ; 

 capillary, 309 ; importance of, 

 with cover-crops, 146 ; winter 

 injury due to lack of, 317. 

 Soils, alkali, hairy vetch resistant 



to, 129. 

 Soils for peaches with reference to: 

 drainage, 39 ; fertility, 39 ; sub- 

 soil, 39. 



Sources of pits : canneries, 50 ; 



North Carolina, 50; Tennessee, 



50. 

 South America, peach-production 



in, 20. 

 South Carolina, varieties for, 370. 

 South China race, characteristics of, 



390; history of, 385; typical 



varieties of, 386. 

 Soybeans, 134 ; varieties of, 135. 

 Spain, peach-production in, 22. 

 Spanish race, characteristics of, 391 ; 



history of, 386 ; typical varieties 



of, 386. 

 Sphcerotheca pannosa, 268. 

 Spottswood, Wm. A. W., mentioned, 



388. 

 Spraying: cost of, 341 ; equipment 



for, 292 ; essential features of, 



289; schedule of applications, 



290; time required for, 341. 

 Sprays, applications of, 290; com- 

 binations of, 283. 

 Starcher, G. C, cited, 296. 

 Status, economic survey of, 17. 

 Step-ladders, 197, 395. 

 Stetson, Nahum, mentioned, 388. 

 Stocks for propagation, kinds of, 48, 



49. 

 Storage, cold: durability of peaches 



in, 409; effects of, on fruit, 409; 



importance of, 409 ; temperatures 



for, 410. 

 Storage tanks for fuel oil, 334. 

 Stratification of air, 40 ; of pits, 52. 

 Strength of wood, relation of plant- 

 food to, 167. 

 Stringfellow, H. M., mentioned, 93. 

 Stringfellow, method of planting, 



93, 94 ; results of, 94. 

 Styles of packing fruit, 403 ; details 



of, 404. 

 Subsoil, importance of, 38. 

 Success, essentials of, 218. 

 Sucking insects, 218. 

 Sulfur, atomic, 287. 

 Summer budding, 59. 

 Summer pruning : details of, 200, 



201 ; objects of, 200 ; first season. 



