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Index 



drj'ing, 351 ; freestones, 373 ; 



influence of conditions on, 66 ; 



inventory of, 377 ; lists of, for 



different sections by states, 354- 



373 (see under state names) ; 



most extensively grown, 373 ; 



new, 352; problem of, 350, 351; 



relative importance, Elberta, 414 ; 



selection of, 350, 351 ; self-fertile, 



352 ; for special purposes. 

 Velvet bean, 135 ; varieties of, 136. 

 Vicia villosa, 129; V. sativa, 131. 

 Vigor of tree affected by thinning, 



299. 

 Virginia, early culture in, 5, 6, 8 ; 



varieties for, 372. 



Waite, M. B., cited, 207. 



Walker, Ernest, cited, 209, 296. 



Warren, G. F., cited, 157. 



Washington, varieties for, 372. 



Water, amount to apply in irrigat- 

 ing, 311 ; factors influencing, 311. 



Waugh, F. A., 208. 



Weevil, plum, 219. 



Weldon, Geo. P., cited, 248, 249. 



West Indian peach-scale, 241. 



West Indies, peach-production in, 20. 



West Mrginia, varieties for, 372. 



When to irrigate, 308 ; influenced 

 by soil conditions, 309. 



When to prune, 178. 



When to spray, 290. 



When to thin, 300. 



Whetzel, H. H., cited, 277. 



Whipple, O. B., cited, 122, 310. 



White peach-scale, 241. 



Whitewashing trees to protect buds 

 from injvuy, 323. 



Whitten, J. C, cited, 73, 169, 209, 



324. 



Wickson, E. J., cited, 95, 96. 



Wild peach, occurrence of, in the 

 Caucasus, 2 ; in China, 2, 3, 4 ; 

 in Crimea, 2. 



WUson, E. H., quoted, 3. 



Wilson, E. M., quoted, 329, 330. 



Winter injury : different degrees of, 

 207 ; symptoms of, 207 ; influenced 

 by color of bark, 169, 170; influ- 

 enced by fertilizers used, 169, 170, 

 320 ; influenced by soil conditions, 



317, 318; influenced by tillage, 

 320 ; influenced by vigor of trees, 



318, 319, 320; notably serious in 

 1903-4 ; prevented by banking 

 trees, 321 ; prevented by laying 

 down trees, 325 ; prevented by 

 protecting with sheds, 322 ; pre- 

 vented by whitewashing, 323 ; 

 prevented by wrapping, 322 ; prun- 

 ing in relation to, 203, 204, 205. 



Wood, strength of, in relation to 



plant-food, 167. 

 Worming for borers, 224, 226, 228; 



cost of, 341. 

 Wounds in pruning, 179. 

 Wrapping the fruit, 404. 

 Wrapping trees to prevent winter 



injury, 322. 



Yellows, 260. 



Yellows, California, 277. 



Yields in Delaware, table of, 348. 



Yields in different states : Cali- 

 fornia, 13 ; Georgia, 13, 14 ; New 

 York, 13 ; other states, 14 ; United 

 States, 13. 



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