Index 



425 



182, 183; second season, ISO; 

 time of, 200. 202, 203 ; with refer- 

 ence to different varieties, 203. 



Supporting limbs by inside bracing, 

 19S ; by propping, 198. 



Sweet clover, 140, 142, 143. 



Symona, T. B., cited, 244. 



Symptoms of winter injury, 207. 



Synanlhedon pictepcs, 225. 



Systems of distributing water : basin, 

 307; check, 307; flooding, 307; 

 furrows, 306. 



T-budding, 47. 



Tar, gas, for peach-tree borer, 224. 



TarsonemiLS waitei, 251. 



Temperature : adverse, 313 ; critical, 

 for orchard heating, 334 ; differ- 

 ences in trees of different color, 324 ; 

 effect of sudden extreme changes, 

 315 ; limiting factor in peach dis- 

 tribution, 28 ; minimum limits, 29 ; 

 for refrigerator cars, 405 ; serious 

 injury by, 313 ; for cold storage, 410. 



Tennessee, pits from, 50; varieties 

 for, 370. 



Terrapin scale, 242. 



TetranychiLs bimaculatus, 248. 



Texas, behavior of peaches in, with 

 respect to classification, 383 ; varie- 

 ties for, 370. 



Texas experiment station, mentioned, 

 62. 



Thinning fruit : cost of, 341 ; dis- 

 tance between fruits, 303 ; influ- 

 ence of, on quantity of fruit, 299 ; 

 methods of, 300 ; reasons for, 296 ; 

 results of, 296, 297 ; time required 

 for, 300, 341. 



Thompson, R. C, cited, 161. 



Tillage: conservation of moisture 

 by, 102; cost of, 340; defined, 

 101 ; different conceptions of, 

 105; following irrigation, 312; 

 frequency of, 106, 107 ; in rela- 

 tion to winter injury, 320 ; im- 

 plements, 108, 109, 110; recog- 

 nized importance of, 105 ; results 



of, summarized, 101, 102; usual 

 practices, 105. 



Time for picking fruit, 396. 



Time of planting trees : in northern 

 latitudes, 71 ; in middle and south- 

 ern latitudes, 72 ; in California, 

 74 ; in Missouri, 72, 73 ; in New 

 Jersey, 73, 74 ; in Texas, 72. 



Time of thinning fruit, 300. 



Tobacco extracts, 218, 282; use of, 

 282, 283. 



Tools for pruning, 180. 



Top-budding, details of, 215 ; rea- 

 sons for, 215. 



Top-grafting, details of, 216, 217; 

 limits of, 216. 



Topography, in relation to local 

 climate, 42 ; in relation to sites, 

 39. 



Tops, pruning of, for planting, 89, 

 90, 91 ; renewal of, by pruning, 

 210; time of, 211. 



Toxic substances, secretion of, by 

 roots, 174. 



Tractors, 110. 



Trees : grades of, 66, 67 ; handling 

 when received, 75, 76, 77 ; heel- 

 ing in, 75, 76 ; number of, to the 

 acre, 80 ; protecting when plant- 

 ing, 75 ; sizes of, 67, 68, 69 ; 

 where to obtain, 70, 71. 



Tunis, peach-production in, 23. 

 Turkey, peach-production in, 22. 

 Twine, cutting of, following budding, 

 59. 



Tying buds, 58. 



United Kingdom, peach-production 



in, 22. 

 Uruguay, peach-production in, 20. 

 Utah, varieties for, 371. 



Valsa leucostoma, 274. 



Van Slyke. L. L., cited, 154. 155. 



Varietal characteristics, 373. 



Varieties : adaptability, 351 ; al- 

 phabetical list, leading sorts, 374 ; 

 canning, 351; clingstones, 373; 



