INDEX 



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Acorns, edible 40 



Alfalfa in orchard 133 



Alkaline soils 34 



water for irrigation 192 



Alligator Pear 324 



Almond, The 433 



growing from seed 68 



hulling and bleaching 436 



pollination 437 



propagation 433 



pruning 435 



situations and soils 434 



wild 40 



varieties 199, 437 



Animals, injurious 490 



Apple in California 198 



aphis, resistant 201 



aphis, woolly 474 



drying 460 



exposures for 201 



gathering 206 



irrigation 295 



localities for 198 



mildew 486 



mission 42 



native crab 36 



planting distance 203 



picking and packing 207 



pollination 209 



propagation 202 



pruning 203 



scab or smut 202 



second crop 200 



seedlings, growing 61 



shipping 208 



soils for 201 



storehouse for 206 



summer and fall 208 



thinning 205 



varieties, most popular 196 



when to pick 206 



winter 208, 214 



worm 479 



varieties 209 



Apricot 213 



climatic requirements 214 



diseases of 222 



distances for 217 



drying 461 



exposures for 214 



growing seedlings 65 



irrigation 221 



localities for 214 



mission 42 



old trees 214 



on almond root 216 



planting 217 



. 218 



shot-hole fungus 220 



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stocks and soils for 215 



thinning 220 



varieties ' .' 223 



Army worms 469 



Atmospheric humidity '. 21 



Avocado 324 



Banana, The 393 



Barberry, native 39 



Bear berry 39 



Bergamot 393 



Berries and currants 409 



Berries, various wild 38 



Birds, poisoning 492 



Blackberry, The 410 



cultivation 411 



hybrids 425 



distances for 411 



irrigating 413 



longevity of 413 



propagation 410 



pruning 412, 416 



wild 38 



varieties 414 



Blasting for planting 94 



Bordeaux Mixture 486 



Borers 478 



Brush, cutting to kill 59 



Budding, common method 71 



June 72 



over old trees 80 



spring 73 



Bud, cutting to a 123 



Buds, dormant 79 



Buffalo berry 39 



Cactus fruits 40 



Canker worms 470 



Canned fruit product 453 



Canning industry 453 



Caterpillars 470 



Chain for laying out 93 



Chamisal and chaparral 57 



Charcoal making 58 



Cherimoyer 399 



Cherry 226 



delayed fruiting of 228 



distances for 230 



exposures for 229 



gum disease 234 



graftingthe 233 



localities for 229 



moisture requirements 233 



old trees 226 



pests and diseases 233 



pollination 229 



pruning the 231 



seedlings, growing 64 



