INDEX. 



409 



Dynamiting lioles, 85. 

 Easter Beurre as stock, 111. 



description of, 36. 

 Eelworm control, 170. 

 European or Italian pear scale, control, 



158. 

 Fawcett, H. S., 146. 

 Fertilization, effect of, 83. 

 Fertilizers, 106. 



Flat-heailed apple-tree borer, control, lu?>. 

 Formalin, disinfectant formula, 187. 

 Flemish Beauty, blight susceptibility of, 

 135. 

 description of, 3 6. 

 F'orelle, blight susceptibility of, 134. 



description of, 37. 

 Franciscan Fathers, 5. 

 Fresh fruit standardization law, 174. 

 Frosted scale, control, 159. 

 Frost Injury and Frost Protection, Chap. 



XI, 114. 

 Fruit-tree leaf roller, control, 159. 

 ]''uniigants, 1S2. 

 Fumigation of nursery trees, 75. 



process, 77. 

 Fungicides and germicides, 182. 

 Gaillard, description of, 38. 

 Gammon, E. A., 103, 120. 



piping system, 121. 

 Giffard, description of, 3S. 

 Glout Morceau, description of, 4 0. 

 Gophers, control of, 171. 

 Grading, 173. 

 Grafting Methods, 112. 



preparation of trees for, 112. 

 the Pear, Chap. X, 111. 

 Wax, formula, 113. 

 Gray, George P., 189. 

 Green apple aphis, control, 159. 

 Hardy (Beurre Hardy), description of, 4 0. 



as stock, 68. 

 Hassler, description of, 42. 



J. E., 29. 

 Heyst, description of, 43. 

 Home, W. T., 148. 

 Howell, description of, 43. 

 Hydrocyanic acid gas, method of genera- 

 tion, 188. 

 Idaho, description of, 45. 

 Imperial Valley Region, 13. 

 Insecticides and Fungicides, Chap. XVII, 

 182. 

 mixing of, 188. 

 Insect, Mite and Animal Pests of the 



Pear, Chap. XIV, 153. 

 Insects, as blight carriers, 142. 

 Intercrops, 107. 

 Interplanting varieties, 15. 

 Irrigation, Cultivation, Cover Crops, Fer- 

 tilizers, Intercrops, Chap. IX, 103. 

 Joan of Arc, description of, 45. 

 Kerosene emulsion, formula, 184. 

 Kieffer, 139. 



blight resistance, 8, 9. 

 description of, 4 6. 

 leaf characteristics, 19, 



Lawrence, description of, 47. 

 Lawson (Comet), description of, 48. 

 Leaf characteristics of varieties, 18. 

 Lecanium, European fruit, control, 157. 

 Le Conte, description of, 48. 



leaf characteristics,. 19. 

 Legumes, as cover crops, 105. 

 Le Lectier, description of, 50. 

 Lesser shot hole borer, control, 159. 

 Lime sulphur, formula, 183. 

 in blight control, 146. 

 self-boiletl, formula, 187. 

 Lipman, Chas. B., 84. 

 Loma Rica Nurseries, 31. 

 Louise, description of, 50. 

 Lucrative, description of, 51. 

 Madeleine Early, description of, 51. 

 Marguerite Marillat, description of, 51. 

 .Marking and digging holes, 85. 

 Manure, barnyard, 106. 

 McCormick, A. C, 135. 

 Mealybug, control, 155. 

 Melilotus indica, 105. 

 Melon aphis, control, 160. 

 Meriam, E. — Cost of bringing orchard into 



bearing, 9. 

 Meyer, F. N., 136. 

 Michigan, bearing trees in, 8. 

 Miscible oil spray, formula, 185. 

 Modoc-Inyo Region, 13. 

 Mount Vernon, description of, 52. 

 New York, bearing trees in, 8. 

 Nicotine spray, formula, 184. 

 Northern and Central California Interior 



Valley Region, 13. 

 Northern California Coast Region, pears 



in, 12. 

 Number of trees per acre, 81. 

 Nursery trees, digging and care of, 75. 



freedom from insect pests, 74. 

 Oak root fungTis, 147. 

 Ohio, bearing trees in, 8. 

 Onondaga, description of, 52. 

 Orchard heating, 115. 

 Oyster shell scale, control, 160. 

 Packing, 174. 

 cost of, 11. 

 Paddock, Wendell — Pears in Ohio, 8. 

 Paris green, spray formula, 186. 

 Patten, Charles G., 136. 

 P. Barry, description of, 52. 

 Pear, canker, 146. 



leaf blister mite, control, 160. 

 leaf rust mite, control, 162. 

 regions of the state, 12. 

 root aphis, control, 165. 

 scab, 149. 

 slug control, 166. 

 thrips, control, 162. 

 Penalty for misrepresenting varieties, 71. 

 Philopena, description of, 54. 

 Picking, 172, 178. 



cost of, 11. 

 Piping system for spraying, 119. 

 Planting suggestions to orchardists, 87. 

 Poisoned barley, formula, 171. 



