INDEX 



APPLE, pests of the, 54 



American blight, 56 



aphides, 56 



Apple sucker, 61 



canker, 60 



caterpillar pest, the, 55 



mildew, 61 



mussel scale, 61 



Pear midge, 62 



Pear slugworm, 63 



red spider, 60 



weevils, 59 

 Apple and Pear culture for profit 



Apples for the markets, 75 



blocks of one variety not desirable, 67 



bush fruits for planting between 

 Apples and Pears, 81 



cheap land, 69 



choice Pears for bushes, 77 



cultivation for profit, 66 



land near a town or railway, 69 



late Apples for storing, 77 



number of trees per acre, 80 



packing fruit for sale, 83 



Pears as standards, 78 



Pears for stewing and baking, 115 



planting, 72 



preparation of land, 72 



probable market prices, 82 



propagation, (budding of Apples) 87, 

 (grafting) 91 



propagation of Pears, 95 



pruning, 18, 70 



purchase of land, 69 



purchase of trees, 71 



shelter, 71 



standards or half-standards in orchard 

 or plantations, 81 



too many inquiries, 68 



too many varieties, 67 



value of fowls, 72 



ways and means, 86 



wiring hedges, 70 

 Apple cookery, 104 

 Apples 



dessert, for exhibition in August or 

 September, 32 



Apples (continued] 



for exhibition purposes, 32 



for October and later, 33 



for pot culture, 39 



for the Northern Counties and Scot- 

 land, 34 



select list of, 27 



some of the newer cooking, 32 



some of the newer dessert, 31 

 Arches and pergolas, 1 1 



CALENDARS of operations, 63, 96 

 ESPALIER trees, treatment of, 20 



FAN-TRAINED trees on walls, 22 

 Feeding and thinning, 47 



GATHERING and storing the fruit, 52 



HISTORICAL notes, i 

 Horizontal trees on walls, 22 



OPERATIONS for the year, monthly 



calendars of, 63, 96 

 Orchard houses, Apple and Pear 



culture in, 35 



PEARS, choice, 49 



for cordons, 50 



for the North of England and Scot- 

 land, 50 



Pests of the Apple, 54 

 Planting, method of, 16 

 Preparation of soil, 15 

 Pruning, 18, 70 

 Purchase of trees, 10 



ROOT-PRUNING, 23 



SITE, choice of, 10 

 Soil, preparation of, 15 

 Summer pruning, 23 



TERMS used to describe types of fruit, 9 

 Trees, purchase of, 10 



UNFERTILITY, 62 



VARIETIES of Apples and Pears for 

 particular aspects, 12 



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