GENERAL INDEX. 



AJiuond, Its history, propagation, soil, hardiijood, cultivation and uses, page 45; varieties, 46 

 Analysis of the apple, 58; of the grape, 240; of the peach, 264; of the pear, 800: of th« 

 strawberry, 453. r i > • 



Appendix, 469. 



Apricot, its history, propagation, 47 ; soil and diseases, stocks, uses, varieties, 43. 



Apple-borer, 60 ; moth, 61. 



Apple, its history, profits of growing, annual planting west, 53; duration of, fruit, bearing age 

 of, propagation by seed, 54; modes of grafting, budding, 55; by layers, cuttings, cutting 

 of scions, selection of trees from nursery, influence of climate, location, 56; influence of 

 stock, hardihood, bearing increased by budding or grafting, transplanting and distance, 

 57; soil and manures, 58; cultivation, pruning, insects and diseases, 59; remedies for, 61; 

 terms used in description, 62 ; forms, 63 ; meaning of terms, uses, varieties, 64. 



Aphis, woolly, 62. 



Barry, P., 30, 63. 



Bark Louse, 61. 



Blackberry, its culture and varieties, 181. 



Sudding, shield, 22 ; annular, 23. 



Canker-worm, its habits, 60; to destroy, 61 



Caterpillar, to destroy, 60. 



Cappe on pruning, 304. 



Cherry, its history, 182; for street planting, propagation by seed, 183; budding, time when, 

 grafting, time when, modes, to grow from roots, transplanting, 184 ; distance apart, stan- 

 dard trees, dwarf trees, soil and situation, 185; cultivation in nursery, in orchard, prun- 

 ing and training, 186; to protect, insects and diseases, uses, 187; gathering fruit, classifi- 

 cation, engravings, 185; varieties, 189. 



Curculio, its habits, description of, 406; preventive remedies for, 407 

 Curl, of leaf in peach trees, 267. 

 Cross-breeding, to obtain new varieties, 21. 



Currant, its history, propagation, transplanting, soil and situation, 221 ; culture, pruning, insects, 



uses, 222; varieties, 223. 



Cuttings, how to make, to plant, 26. 



Dwarf trees, of the cherry, 185 ; of the pear, 306. 



Duration of varieties, 88. 



Dubreil on pruning, 33. 



Fruitfulness promoted by root-pruning, 82. 



Fruit, history of, 15 ; west, 16 ; value as food, 19 ; varieties, origin of, 20 ; propagation of, bud- 

 ding, 22; grafting, 24; degeneracy of, limited age of, influence of soils on, 88; influence 

 of stocks, climate, 39 ; gathering, time when, how, 40 ; room for keeping, 41 ; cellars 

 for, 44. 



Grafting, whip or tongue, splice, crown, saddle, side, 24; cleft, wax, 25. 



Graft*, to restore, to preserve, to send by mail, wrapping or tying, 25. 



Gooseberry, its history, book of, numbers of, where successful, propagation by seed, 224; cut- 

 tings, grafting, transplanting, soil and situation, culture, priming, 227; mildew and reme- 

 dies, uses, varieties, 228. 



Grape, American. Classes, history, immense vines of, vineyards, 231 ; movable frame for, 

 method of suspending, 48 ; among the ancients, 232 ; propagation of, 284; transplanting, 

 cost of vineyard per acre, position and soil for, 235; preparing ground, pruning and train- 

 ing, 23G ; analyses of, insects, «&c., 240 ; uses, 241 ; ripening, gathering, &c., 242 ; varie- 

 ties, 243. 



Grape, Foreign. History, success of, propagation, 249; cold-houses for, 250; vine borders^ 

 planting and training, 251 ; routine of culture, insects, varieties, 252 . 



