INDEX 



Accounts with pickers, 167. 



Acreage : counties having the largest 

 in 1910, 308; of small fruits, 

 decrease in, 307 ; profitable to 

 each grower, 211 ; states having 

 the largest in 1910, 308. 



Age of plantation as affected by: 

 climate, 238 ; method of culture, 

 239; method of training, 240; 

 cost of renewing, 241 ; variety, 

 240 ; of plantation in different 

 districts, 236. 



Air drainage, 6. 



AUen, W. F., quoted, 227. 



Alpine, culture of, 254 ; varieties, 

 255. 



Analysis of fruit, 52. 



Ancylis comptana, 273. 



Anthonomus signatus, 272. 



Ants, 279. 



Aphis forbesi, 275. 



Arizona Experiment Station, 

 quoted, 68. 



Ashes, use of, 57, 



Association, Ozark Fruit Growers', 

 205. 



Associations, federation of, 205 ; 

 forwarding, 202 ; pooling, 203 ; 

 sales methods in, 204 ; selling, 

 types of, 201. 



Atlantic states, acreage in, 311. 



Bailey, L. H., quoted, 61. 

 Barrels, strawberry, 265. 

 Barring off the rows, 244. 

 Baskets, 152. 

 Beatty, F. E., quoted, 35, 46, 57, 



162, 229. 

 Bedding the land, 20 ; methods of, 



97 ; summer, 234 ; when to 



begin, 96. 



Berries, washing, 177. 



Birds, 279. 



BlacknaU, O. W., quoted, 282. 



Blossoms, cutting, 43 ; essential 

 organs of, 126 ; removing from 

 everbearers, 249 ; types of, 126. 



Box, American Standard, 140 ; 

 cubic contents, 141 ; dimensions, 

 143 ; Hallock, 139 ; laws regulat- 

 ing, 142 ; Leslie, 140 ; making, 

 146; material, 138; paper, 139; 

 prices, 143 ; shape and ventila- 

 tion, 139. 



British Columbia, cost of produc- 

 tion in, 214. 



Broadcast training, 88. 



Budd, J. L., quoted, 135. 



Bureau of Plant Industry, quoted, 

 159. 



Burning the vines, 242. 



Burns, W., quoted, 105. 



By-products, 207. 



Cabbage between strawberries, 50. 



California, cost of production in, 

 222 ; spacing plants in, 32 ; time 

 of planting in, 24. 



Canada, acreage in, 310 ; local 

 centers of production, 316 ; pro- 

 duction in 1900 and 1910, 309. 



Canning, 207. 



Carload shipments from different 

 districts, 1914, 309. 



Cars, loading, 188. 



Carrier, overhead, 162. 



Carriers, picking, 161. 



Chandler, W. H., quoted, 59, 65. 



Checks, pickers, 167. 



Chests, California. 151. 



Climate, influence on training, 88. 



Close, C. P., quoted, 75. 



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