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Slugs, 277. 



Smudging for frost protection, 

 283. 



SnaUs, 279. 



Soil, drainage, 16; fertility, 15; 

 as a mulch, 116; ideal straw- 

 berry, 10 ; preferences in dif- 

 ferent regions, 11 ; qualities of 

 good strawberry, 12; "straw- 

 berry sick," 44 ; texture and 

 water-holding power, 13 ; acid, 

 57 ; muck and peat, 14 ; sandy 

 and gravelly, 13; virgin, 16. 



South, rotations in, 47 ; time of 

 planting in, 23. 



Spaced rows, runner control in, 102 ; 

 training, 86, 95. 



Spacing plants in matted row, 100 ; 

 specific examples of, 31. 



Spade setting, 38. 



Sphcerella fragarice, 270. 



Sphcerotheca humili, 271. 



Spraying, equipment and materials, 

 268. 



Sprays, preparation of, 269. 



Sprinkling for frost protection, 

 284. 



Staminate blossoms, 127. 



Stand, picker's, 161. 



Statistics on acreage, production 

 and value, 307. 



Storage of fresh berries, 192. 



Straw as a mulch, 112. 



Sturtevant, E. L., quoted, 66. 



Summer pruning, 105. 



Tarnished Plant Bug, 278. 



Tennessee, acreage in, 314 ; cost 

 of production in, 216 ; Experi- 

 ment Station, quoted, 54 ; 

 fertilizer experiments in, 54. 



Texas, cost of production in, 221. 



Thayer, M. A., quoted, 168. 



Thinning plants in matted row, 

 100. 



Thompson, Robert, quoted, 214. 



Thrips, 278. 



Tice. F. G., quoted, 97. 



Tickets, pickers', 169. 



Tillage, after irrigation, 79 ; depth 

 of, 71 ; during blossoming season, 

 75 ; during picking season, 76 ; 

 early spring, 74 ; hand, tools for, 

 69 ; horse, tools for, 69 ; how 

 frequent, 71 ; late autumn, 73 ; 

 laying off field to facilitate, 68 ; 

 tools, 68 ; why essential, 66. 



Tomatoes between strawberries, 

 50. 



Tools, tillage, 68. 



Top-dressing with fertilizers, 60. 



Topping, 173. 



Training, as determined by climate, 

 88 ; as determined by method of 

 culture, 91 ; as determined by 

 variety, 90; broadcast, 88; 

 hedge-row, 85, 95; hill, 84; 

 matted row, 87, 93 ; methods of, 

 defined, 84 ; Norfolk method, 

 93 ; spaced row, 86, 95. 



Transplanters, 40. 



Transportation facilities, 5. 



Trays, 152. 



"Tree" strawberries, 236. 



Tufts, Elmer G., quoted, 184. 



Turpin, G. T., quoted, 291. 



Tusser, Thomas, quoted, 281. 



Tyloderema fragarice, 276. 



Typophorua, 277. 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, quoted, 

 139, 193. 



Value of fruit crops in 1909, 308. 



Van Slyke, L. L., quoted, 51, 52. 



Varieties, as affected by climate and 

 soil, 287 ; canning, 290. 



Varieties, descriptions of Annie 

 Hubach, 299; Arizona, 299; 

 Aroma, 292 ; August Luther, 

 299; Australian, 299; Beder 

 Wood, 299; Brandywine, 292; 

 Bubach, 292 ; Captain Jack, 

 300; Carrie, 300; Chesapeake, 

 300; Clark, 293; Climax, 300; 

 Clyde, 300; Crescent, 293; 

 Dollar, 300; Dunlap, 293 ; Early 

 Hathaway, 300; Excelsior, 294; 



