974 



INDEX 



Dawley, F. E., Fruit Exhibits at Pan- 

 American Exposition, 707-709. 

 Dehorning, inadvisability of severe, 



837. 



Department of Agriculture, horticul- 

 tural inspection work, 684-693. 

 Diseases, Apple, Some of our Most 

 Common, H. H. Whetzel and L. 

 R. Hesler, 855-870. 

 apple scab, 855-861. 

 Baldwin spot, 863-867. 

 bitter pit, 863-867. 

 black rot, 861-863. 

 canker, apple tree, European, 867. 

 New York, 861-863. 

 blister, Illinois, 867-869. 

 fire blight, 870. 

 leaf spot, 861-863. 

 sooty blotch, 869, 870. 

 stippin, 863-867. 

 Districts, Fruit, of New York, U. P. 



Hedrick, 638-645. 

 Doucin as dwarf stock, 874-888. 

 Downings, influence of, on apple in- 

 dustry, 750. 



Drainage, importance of, in fruit 

 growing, 651, 652, 653, 769, 770, 771, 

 775. 

 Dwarf apples, U. P. Hedrick, 871- 



888. 



experiments relative to, 874-888. 

 care of orchards, 876. 

 plan of, 876. 

 results of, 878-887. 

 size, color, quality of apples, 



887. 



size of trees, 882. 

 suckering habit, 882. 

 surface rooting, 880, 882. 

 time of bearing, 886. 

 union of stocks and scions, 



878, 880. 



varieties that do best, 887. 

 winter injury, 880. 

 yield of fruit, 884-886. 

 how formed, 871. 

 stocks, dwarfing, 872, 874. 



standard, 872. 

 Dwarfing stocks, 872, 874. 



Early Joe apple, monument to, 745, 



760. 

 Eastern New York Horticultural 



Society, 729. 

 Eastern Plateau, fruit growing in, 



642, 643, 765, 766. 

 Equilateral method of setting trees, 



818, 819. 



Erie shore fruit district, 644, 645. 

 Essentials of tree growth, 824, 826. 

 Europe, selling apples at auction in, 



912, 913, 915, 916. 

 European apple-tree canker, 868. 

 Evaporated Fruit Industry of New 

 York State, E. W. Catchpole, 

 937-953. 



appliances used in, 940-951. 

 evolution of, 937, 939. 

 markets, 951-953. 



Evaporation, apples suitable for, 939. 

 appliances for, 940, 942. 



early history of, 940, 942. 

 later types, 946. 

 middle period types, 942. 

 process of, 940. 

 Evaporators, 940-951. 



machinery and appliances, 948- 



951. 



apple graders, .948, 949. 

 bleachers, 949, 950. 

 fuel, 951. 

 furnace, 950, 951. 

 paring machine, 949. 

 racks, 951. 



Exhibits, fruit, at Columbian Ex- 

 position, 706, 707. 

 at Land Shows, 710-712. 

 at Panama Exposition, 712-716. 

 at Pan-American Exposition, 707- 



709. 



at State Fair, 694-705. 

 Exporting Apples, C. W. Kimball, 



911-914. 



competition with Canada, 913. 

 growth of business, 911. 

 importance of good pack, 911, 



912. 



sales by auction, 912, 913. 

 South American trade, 913, 914. 

 varieties for special markets, 912. 



