INDEX 



Orchard land continued 



quincunx planting 90 



time for planting 100 



Oregon grape 39 



Oso berry 37 



Palm nuts 40 



Peach 238 



age at planting ;.,; 243 



approved lists of 199 



blight 249 



curl-leaf 249 



diseases 249 



distance in planting 243 



dormant buds 244 



drying 462 



early bearing 238 



grafting . : 248 



growing season of 23 



irrigation 248 



localities for 240 



longevity of 238 



mildew 248 



mission 42 



moth 478 



"peach almond" 243 



pitting clings 462 



propagation 242 



pruning 116, 239, 245 



renewal by cutting back 239 



root borer 478 



seedlings 65 



soils for 241 



stocks for 243 



thinning 125, 247 



varieties 199, 250 



Peanut growing 451 



Pear 259 



Bartlett, why popular 260 



blight 262, 265 



characteristics in California 259 



diseases 259 



distances for 257 



drying 461 



dwarf 263 



for alkali soil 255 



gathering and ripening 268 



irrigation 265 



largest on record 259 



localities for 260 



mission 42 



on quince stock 262 



pollination 268 



propagation of 262 



pruning 264 



seedlings, growing 64 



slug 471 



soils for . 262 



storing and ripening 267 



thinning 265 



varieties 199, 269 



Pecan, The 452 



Persimmon, Japanese 404 



Persimmon, Virginian 404 



Persimmon, curing 405 



Phenomenal berry 425 



507 



Phosphates 152 



Phylloxera 474 



PJAeapple , , , . 405 



Pine nuts 40 



Pioneers, planting by 46 



Pistachio, The 452 



Planting, conditions favoring 85 



bar for setting % 



cutting back after 105, 112 



depth of 103 



digging holes for '.[ 94 



laying off for 87, 89 



mulching 104 



operation of 101 



preparing land for 85 



speed in 103 



time for 100 



triangular tree-setter 96 



use of manure 103 



use of water 102 



Plow, laying off with 88 



Plowing, devices for 132 



orchard and vineyard 133 



on hillside 134 



to break hardpan 85 



Plums and prunes 272 



California false 37 



confusion in names 278 



definition of a prune 272 



drying 463 



from the root 274 



grafting 276 



in Southern California 273 



length of season 272 



localities for 272 



mission 43 



myrobalan 274 



planting 275 



pollination 281 



propagation 273 



pruning the 275 



seedlings 65 



stocks and soils 273 



thinning 281 



varieties 199, 281 



wild 36 



Plumcot, The 278 



Pomegranate, The 43, 406 



Pomelo 387 



varieties 200,387 



Popular fruit varieties 197 



Potash 143 



Powder for planting 94 



Prickly pear 41, 407 



Prune curing 46J 



Pruning 107 



bearing trees 117 



California style 110 



effects of 123 



gathering brush 126 



influenced by location 107 



low, advantages of 108, 109 



nursery 78 



prunings as fertilizer 1 



purposes of 108 



