142 



QUINCE CULTURE. 



Manuring-. ., ..36,40 



Common Sources of 39 



Chemical 40 



Necessity of 36 



Marketing .'. 80 



Marmalade 137 



Meadow Mice 134 



Medical Uses of the Quince 135 



Meech's Prolific Quince 27 



Mice, Meadow.... 134 



Mildew 92 



Missouri Mammoth Quince 29 



Morthiera Metpili 90, 91 



Moults of Caterpillars 107 



Mound Layers 57 



Mulching 47 



Mus arvicolcB 134 



Musk or Pineapple Quince 30 



New Upright Quince 25 



Nitrogen, "Sources of 39 



Ophion, Long-tailed 115 



Ophion macrurum 115, 124 



Orange or Appl e Quince 22 



Orange Rust . 86 



Orchard, Laying out the 43, 47 



Orgy i a leucostigma 115, ? 16 



Overbearing . . . 77 



Parasites 108 



Pear Quince 31 



Pear-tree Blister Beetle 131 



Slug.... 116 



Phycis indiginella 128 



Phylloptera oblonr/ifolia 128 



Pickles, Sweet..' 139 



Pinching in 71 



Pineapple Quince 30 



Planting ..45,47 



Distance apart 49 



Platyphyllum concavus .127 



Jodisus spinosus 110 



Podosphcera tridactyla 92 



Polyphemus Moth... 119 



Pwnphopvea ccnla 131 



Portugal Quince 31 



Poultry, Aid of 133 



Price of Quinces 81 



Principles to be Understood 12 



Profits 81 



Promoting Fruitfulness with- 

 out Pruning .74, 75 



Propagation -57, 62 



By budding - 62 



cuttings .57, 59 



grafting - . 59 



layering 57 



root grafting 58 



root cuttings 59 



seeds - 55 



sprouts 57 



Propagation 



By stool layers 57 



Best Time to Layer 57 



Formation of Callus 57 



How to plant Cuttings 59 



Keeping Buds dormant 8 



Length of Cuttings 57 



On what to Graft. 59 



Preparing for Planting -.58, 59 



Time to Plant . 59 



Pruning at Transplanting 63 



for Form-. 65 



Fruitfulness 68 



Good Pruning illustrated- . 72 



Healing Wounds 73, 74 



Pruning Limbs 71 



Root Pruning 69 



to promote Growth 67 



When to prune Limbs 71 



Roots 70 



withSaw 7* 



Shears 74 



| Quinces among the Greeks 13 



among the Romans . . . 13 



in America 16 



Botany.. 13 



Etymology 13 



France 16 



Italy 15 



Persia 15 



Tradition 13 



Parts of Tree. 17 



Curculio 131 



Scale 100 



Rot 93 



Tress, Ornamental 11 



Rabbit, The Gray 133 



i Itcestilia aurantiaca 86, 89 



Rea's Mammoth Quince 32 



Recipes 136, 139 



I Quinces, Baked 138 



Quince Bandoline 136 



Butter 137 



Canned 138 



Compote.. 137 



Jelly- 139 



Marmalade 137 



Preserves .137 



Sauce. 138 



Sweet Pickles 139 



Syrup 136 



Water.. 186 



Wine 136 



Red Ants . ..105 



Remedies for Aphides .101, 126, 127 

 Bag, Basket, or Drop-worm. 112 



Borers 99 



Caterpillar of Handmaid 

 Moth.. ..108 



