General Index. 



573 



Cultivation of fruit trees, 70, 138, 



183. 

 Cuttings, how made, 28. 



arrangement to facilitate, 76. 

 Curculio, description of, 152. 



apparatus for destroying, 153. 



remedies for, 153. 



swine for devouring, 155. 

 Currant, culture of. 429. 



pruning, 430. 

 Currant-worm described, 156. 



mode of destroying, 157. 

 Cuttings, when and how to make, 28. 



Depredators, 144, 186. 

 Digging trees, 58, 140. 

 Distances for trees, 69, 130. 

 Dwarf apples, 91, 187. 

 pears, 87, 236. 



Elevations, influence of, 47. 

 Enclosures, 49. 

 Engine, 103. 



Fig, culture and. varieties, 451. 

 Fire-blight, 157. 



Flea Beetle, Grapevine, how to de- 

 stroy, 157. 

 Folding ladder, 101. 

 Fruit culture, advantages of, 7, 9. 



pro'fits of, 8. 

 Fruit, forms of, 169. 



texture of, 173. 



flavor of, 174. 



for new settlements, 131. 



quality of, 174. 



Fruit gardens, plans of, 77, 129, 130. 

 Fruit room, description of, 119. 

 Fruit trees, time required to bear, 8, 

 132. 



distances for planting, 68. 



digging, 140. 



implements for packing, 140. 



packing, 141. 



Fruit trees, picker, 100. 



pruning, 78. 



renovating, 75. 



saving mice-gnawed, 38. 



transplanting, 57. 



watering, 63. 

 Fruit, assorting, m. 



canning, 122. 



drying, 125. 



gathering, 108. 



keeping, 117. 



packing, in. 



thinning, 107. 

 Fruit garden, plan of, 129. 

 Fruits to supply a family, 127. 



Garden reel, 100. 

 Gathering fruit, 108. 



mode of, 108. 



time for, no. 



Germination, process of, 10. 

 Glossary of terms, 570. 

 Gooseberries, culture of, 432. 



remedy for mildew of, 430. 

 Grafting trees, 17, 32, 35, 138, 185. 



limits of, 42. 



requisites, 32. 



time for, 36. 



tool, 98. 



wax, how made, 33. 

 Grafts, restoration of, 38. 



cutting, 36. 



to send by mail, 37. 



how to pack, 37. 

 Grape-houses, 393, 396. 

 Grape-mildew, remedy for, 163. 

 Graperies, roofs for, 394. 

 Grape cuttings, 379. 

 Grapes, remarks on, 376. 



crossing, 25. " 



culture of, 377. 



description of varieties, 400. 



grafting, 383. 



layering, 377. 



