INDEX 



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Acorns, edible 40 



Alfalfa in orchard 131, 439 



Alkaline Soils 34 



Alligator Pear 401 



Almond, The 424 



growing from seed 68 



hulling and bleaching 426 



pollination 428 



propagation 68, 425 



pruning 426 



situations and soils 425 



wild 40 



varieties 194, 429 



Animals, injurious 493 



Ants, killing 482 



Apple in California 195 



aphis, resistant 197 



aphis, woolly 473 



drying 454 



exposures for 196 



gathering 200 



irrigation 200 



localities for 196 



mildew 488 



mission 42 



native crab 36 



planting distance 198 



picking and packing 202 



pollination 204 



propagation 197 



pruning 198 



scab or smut 488 



second crop 196 



seedlings, growing 66, 67 



shipping 203 



soils for 197 



storehouse for 201 



summer and fall 203 



table of varieties 209 



thinning 125, 200 



varieties, most popular 193 



when to pick 200 



winter 203 



worm 480 



varieties 193, 204 



Apricot 210 



climatic requirements 211 



diseases of 217 



distances for 213 



drying 454 



exposures for 211 



growing seedlings 68 



irrigation 216 



localities for 211 



mission 42 



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old trees 210 



on almond root 213 



planting 213 



pruning 214 



shot-hole fungus 218 



stocks and soils for 212 



table of varieties 218 



thinning 125, 216 



varieties 193, 219 



Army Worms 466 



Atmospheric humidity 21 



Banana, The 393 



Barberry, native 39 



Bear berry 39 



Bergamot 392 



Berries and currants 404 



Berries, various wild 38 



Birds, poisoning 496 



Blackberry, The 405 



cultivation 406 



hybrids 417 



distances for 405 



irrigating 408 



longevity of 408 



propagation 405 



pruning 406, 410 



wild 38 



varieties 408 



Blasting for planting 94 



Borers 104, 477, 480 



Bones, treatment of 143 



Bordeaux Mixture 488, 491 



Brush, cutting to kill 62 



Budding, common method 73 



June 73 



over old trees 82 



spring 76 



Bud, cutting to a 123 



Buds, dormant 81 



Buffalo berry 39 



Cactus fruits 40 



Canned fruit product 445 



Canning industry 445 



Canker worms 467 



Caterpillars 467 



Chain for laying out 93 



Chamisal and chanarral 57 



Charcoal making 61 



Cherimoyer 394 



Cherry 221 



delayed fruiting of 223 



distances for 225 



exposures for 224 



gum disease 228 



