978 



INDEX 



Northern Spy apple, history of, 758. 

 monthly prices for, 931. 

 monument to, 747, 760. 

 soil types for, 774. 

 Nova Scotia, central packing houses 



in, 898-903. 

 Nursery Industry in New York, S. 



Fraser, 646-661. 

 after-management, 657, 659. 

 digging, method of, 659. 

 drainage, importance of, 651, 



652, 653. 

 history of, 660. 

 insects and diseases, 659, 660. 

 planting, 653, 654. 

 preparation of land, 652, 653. 

 seedlings, 656. 

 selection and purchase of stock, 



654, 661. 

 soils adapted to, 650, 651. 



disease in certain, 651, 652. 

 statistics relative to, 648-650. 



O 

 Oats as cover crop in orchard, 778, 



791. 

 Old Orchard, Care of, R. P. McPher- 



son, 824-829. 

 Oldenburg apple, soils desirable for, 



775. 



Ontario Shore fruit district, 644. 

 Orchard, apple, Auchter, experiments 



in, 803-810, 880-894. 

 first planted in New York State, 



748. 



laying out, 816-819. 

 Old, Care of, R. P. McPherson, 



824-829. 

 cultivation, 826. 

 essentials to tree growth, 



824, 826. 

 fertilization, 826. 

 pruning, 827, 828. 

 spraying, 828. 829. 

 young, care of, 820-823. 



Intercropping the, M. C. 



Burritt, 794-802. 



Orchards, apple, Sod Mulch vs. Till- 

 age for, W. D. Auchter, 803-810. 

 Oyster-shell scale, 844, 845. 



Packing, apple, law relative to, 669- 



679. 



Train, F. S. Welsh, 679-683. 

 Houses, Central, for New York 

 Fruit, F. S. Welsh, 895- 

 905. 



types of, 898-900. 



present methods of, 896, 898. 



Panama Exposition, fruit exhibits at, 



712-716. 



Pan-American Exposition, Fruit Ex- 

 hibits at, F. E. Dawley, 707-709. 

 Paring machine in evaporating plant, 



949. 

 Peas as cover crop in orchard, 778, 



791. 



Peg grafting, 963. 

 Physical Injuries to Trees, B. D. Van 



Buren, 963, 964. 

 Plant lice, treatment for, 846. 

 Porter, C. O., New York Fruit at 

 Land Shows and San Francisco 

 Exposition, 710-716. 

 Powdery mildew, 660. 

 Prices of apples, receipts and, 927- 



934. 

 Primate apple tree, tablet in memory 



of, 751, 760. 



Producers, Buying Direct from, Sell- 

 ing on Commission and, J. H. Kil- 

 lough, 906-910. 

 Profits on a Barrel of Apples, U. P. 



Hedrick, 889-894. 

 average yield, 889-890. 

 balance sheet, 894. 

 cost of, barrels, 893. 



harvesting, 892, 893. 

 pruning, 892. 

 spraying, 892. 

 tillage, 891, 892. 

 depreciation of outfit, 891. 

 expense of superintendent, 892. 

 interest on investment, 890, 891. 

 orchard selected, 889. 

 prices received, 894. 

 summary, 8'93. 

 taxes, 891. 



Pruning, E. van Alstyne, 830-841. 

 advisability of annual, 834. 



