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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. PAGE. 

 STATISTICS 5 



CHAPTER II. 

 VARIETIES 14 



CHAPTER III. 

 PROPAGATION OF THE APPLE 31 



CHAPTER IV. 

 SELECTION OF TREES FOR PLANTING 35 



CHAPTER V. 

 SOILS AND THEIR PREPARATION FOR PLANTING 38 



CHAPTER VI. 

 SETTING AND CARING FOR THE YOUNG TRP^KS 44 



CHAPTER VII. 

 PRUNING 46 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 TOP-WORKING APPLE TREES 60 



CHAPTER IX. 

 INTERCROPPING 62 



CHAPTER X. 

 IRRIGATION, CULTIVATION COVER CROPS AND FERTILIZERS 63 



CHAPTER XI. 

 THINNING 67 



CHAPTER XII. 

 INJURY AND PROTECTION OF APPLES FROM FREEZING- _ 70 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 SPRAYING THE APPLE__ 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 INSECT PESTS OF THE APPLE 79 



CHAPTER XV. 

 DISEASES OF THE APPLE__ 92 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 PICKING, GRADING AND PACKING 97 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 BY-PRODUCTS . 102 



O IT AFTER XVIII. 



PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND RECIPES _ 104 



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 INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES. _ _ 112 



