QSS IKDEX, 



Tuge 

 Nectarines, of thinning the leaves of, - 250, 253, 256 



— of gathering the fruit of, - 251 



— of compost-earth for, - - 291 



— of forcing, 323, 542, 358, 377, 390, 401 

 Netted cantelope melon described, - - 310 



— romana melon described, - - 312 

 Nets, of their use in screening fruit-tree blossoms, - 221 



— how to place over fruit-trees, - - 223 



— particular kind of, described, - ^ 224 

 Newinp-ton nectarine described - - 302 

 New Providence pine-apple described, - 807 



— soil, curious method of obtaining, - - 15 

 Noblesse peach described, - - - 171 

 Nonpareil apple described, - - - 166 



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Oil, of destroying insects with, - - 249, 50S 



Oil-cloth, of its use in conducting fumigations, - 227 



— covers, for flued pits, of, - - 227 

 Onions, culture of, - 27, 38, 51, 66, 80, 91, 104, 117 



' — of transplanting, - - 91 



Orange apricot described, - -. 167 



— peach described, - - 304 



— cantelope melon described, - - 309 

 Oranges, of soils for, - -, - 567 

 Orchards, of situations and soils fit for, - 154, 158 



— of the kinds of fruits fit for, - 178 

 Orchard- trees, kinds of, enumerated, - 179 



— of the distance at which to plant, 1 80 



— of planting, - 185,208,211,259 



— of pruning, - 201, 212, 213, 



— of heading down stinted^ » 215 



— of clearing from mosses, - 203 



— of destroying insects on, - ib. 



— of cropping the ground among, 209, 261 



