General Index. 



575 



Peaches, propagation of, 303. 



pruning, 307. 



training, 307. 



transplanting 1 , 306. 



raised in pots, 308. 



ripened by fire-heat, 310. 

 Pear, dwarf, 236. 



pruning, 238. 



training, 239. 



varieties of, 237. 

 Pears, budding, 236. 



description of varieties, 250. 



different forms of, 241. 



grafting, 296. 



leaf-blight of, 234. 



propagation of, 234. 



raising seedlings, 235. 



select lists of, 460. 



wintering seedlings, 235. 

 Perennial roots, 13. 

 Pistils of flowers, 20. 

 Pith, 13. 



Plants, production of varieties, 22. 

 Plums, budding, 336. 



description of varieties, 337. 



grafting, 336. 



soil for, 337. 

 Pores, 15. 

 Preserving fruit by artificial means, 



121. 



by canning, 12 1. 



by drying, 125. 

 Prickles, 13. 

 Pruning, directions for, 84. 



fruit fulness affected by, 81. 



form of trees given by, 82. 



principles and practice of, 78, 

 184. 



summer, 82. 



time for, 80. 



apple orchards in bearing, 

 91. 



the cherry, 94. 



dwarf- apples, 91. 



Pruning, nursery trees, 83. 



old trees, 183. 



the plum, 91. 



the peach, 92. 



the quince, 95. 



roots, 95. 



single shoots, 83. 



tops of trees, 78. 



young trees, 78, 85. 

 Pyramids, 87. 



Quince, pruning, 300. 

 varieties, 301. 



Rabbits, how to repel, 186. 

 Raspberries, propagation of, 436. 



pruning, 437. 

 Renovating old trees, 75. 

 Root -graft ing, 12, 36, 138, 178. 

 Root-grafts, how prepared, 178. 



mode of setting out, 178. 

 Roots, parts of, 12. 

 Roots, preparing for transplanting, 



60. 



Rose-bug, remedy for, 156. 

 Runners, 13. 



Saddle-grafting, 35. 

 Seedlings, transplanting, 137. 



time for setting out, 138. 

 Seeds, apple, 134. 



cherry, 136. 



planting, 137. 



washer for apple, 135. 

 Select lists of fruits, 491. 

 Shellac for pruning, 92. 

 Shoots, color of, 165. 



different kinds of, 164. 

 Shrubs, 13. 



Situation for orchards, 46. 

 Soils, changes wrought by, 187. 



cultivation of, 70. 



treatment of, 44, 70. 

 Species and varieties, 21. 



