GENERAL INDEX. 



Almond, its history, propagation, soil, hardihood, cultivation and uses, page 45; varieties, 46. 



Analysis of the apple, 53; of the grape, 240; of the peach, 264; of the pear, 800- of the 

 strawberry, 453. 



Appendix, 469. 



Apricot, its history, propagation, 47; soil and diseases, stocks, uses, varieties, 48. 



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. 



Budding, shield, 22 ; annular, 28. 



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, 188; budding, time when, 

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

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

 ing and training, 136; to protect, insects and diseases, uses, 137; gathering fruit, classifi 

 cation, engravings, 1S5; varieties, 189. 



Curculio, its habits, description of, 405 ; 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, 33. 



Dubreil on pruning, 83. 



Fruitfulnesa promoted by root-pruning, 32. 



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

 ding, 2&quot;2; 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 



Grafts, 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, pruning, 227; mildew and reme 

 dies, uses, varieties, 223. 



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

 method of suspending, 43 ; among the ancients. 232 ; propagation of, 234; transplanting, 

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

 ing, 236; analyses of, insects, &c., 240; uses, 241; ripening, gathering, &c., 242; varie 

 ties, 243. 



Grape, Foreign. History, success of, propagation, 249: cold-houses for, 260; vine borders, 

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



