CHAPTER VII. 



Principles of Plant Growth. Parts of Plant. Parts of Flow- 

 er. Pollination. Hybrids. Assimilation. Transpiration. Rest 

 Period. Classification of Plants. Varieties. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Propagation of Fruit Plants. Seed. Stratification. Offsets. 

 Cuttings. Budding. Grafting. Inarching. 



CHAPTER IX. 



^ome Fruits. Apples: Classes of, Propagation, Apple Or- 

 chards, Trees, Seedlings, Root Grafting, Planting, Heeling In, 

 Cultivation, Pruning, Mulching, Varieties. Quince: Propagation, 

 Planting, Pruning, Insects and Diseases, Varieties. Pear: Origin, 

 Chinese Sand Pear, Standard Pears, Dwarf Pears, Propagation, 

 Soil and Cultivation, Planting, Pruning, Insects and Diseases, 

 Varieties, Packing. 



CHAPTER X. 



Stone Fruits. Plum: Origin, Propagation, Stocks, Soil, Plant- 

 ing, Insects, Varieties. Peach: Origin, Groups, Propagation, 

 Planting, Pruning, Soil, Insects and Diseases, Varieties. Nectar- 

 ine: Origin. Apricot: Origin, Stocks, Planting, Pruning, Insects 

 and Diseases, Varieties. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Grapes. Origin, Propagation, Soil, Planting, Training and 

 Pruning, Single Post Method, High Renewal Method, Kniffen 

 Method, 4-Cane Kniffen Method, 2-Cane High Renewal Method, 

 Munson Method, Tying Material, Thinning, Manuring, Girdling. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Small Fruits. Strawberry: Origin, Location, Soil, Manuring, 

 Planting Methods, Trimming, Protection, Renewing, Burning, 

 Picking and Marketing, Varieties. Currant: Origin, Soil and 

 Planting, Pruning, Protection, Marketing, Varieties. Gooseberry: 

 Origin, Propagation, Planting, Pruning, Marketing, Insects, Dis- 

 eases. Raspberry: Origin, Classes, Propagation, Location, Soil, 



