xii CONTENTS. , 



PART THIRD-FRUIT CULTURE. 



CHAPTEE XIII. 



ORCHARD CULTURE. Paoe 



A Thrifty Orchard easily secured — The Nursery — I'laating Seeds — CnttiDgs — l,ayers — Dresa- 

 iug — Plauting out — Cultivation— Budding — Grafting — Pruuiug — Objects of Pruning— 

 Methods of Pruning to accomplish special objects — Transplanting 51»--5:55 



CHAPTEE XIV. 



APPLES, PEARS, AND QUINCES. 

 Apples — Soil — Situation — Plauting, Transplanting, and Cultivation — Pruning — Annual Bear- 

 ing — Stock in the Orchard — Best Varieties for the Whole Country — Select Varieties for the 

 New England States — Select Varieties for the Middle States — Select Varieties for the 

 Northwest — Summer, Autumn, and Winter Apples — Select Varieties for the Southwest 

 — Select Varieties for the Southern States — Select Varieties for the Gulf States — Gathering 

 and Preserving the Fruit — Table of nearly fifty Varieties of Apples, with time of Ripen- 

 ing, etc., etc. Pears. Soil and Situation — Pears on Pear Stncks-Ou Quince Stocks — 

 Planting, Transplanting and Cultivation — Pruning — The Quince — Varieties adapted to 

 Quince Stocks — Woodhuds and Fruit Spurs — Thinning — Picking, Ripening, and Pre- 

 serving — List of thirty Varieties, time of Ripening, Section to which they are adapted, 

 etc., etc 536". 548 



CHAPTEE XY. 



PEACHES, PLUMS, CHERRIES, AND APRICOTS. 

 Easily Cultivated — Stocks from Seeds. The Peach. Soil and Situation — Planting — Orchard 

 Cultivation — Budding — Pruning — Trimming — Borers — Tables of Select Varieties adapted 

 to different Sections of the country — Varieties approved by the American Poinological 

 Society. The Plum. Propagation — Soils and Situation — Budding — Varieties — The Cherry 

 — Soil — Situation — Budding — Varieties — The Apricot — Cultivation— Varieties '540-587 



CHAPTEE XVI. 



DISEASES AND INSECTS INJURIOUS TO FRUIT. 



Diseases the Result of Bad Management or Neglect — The Blight — Remedy — Stagnation oi 

 Sap — Cause and Remedies — Winter Killing — Prevention — Warts and their Remedy — 

 Mildew — Gummed Fruits — Remedy — The Yellows — Cause and Cure. In.sects. The 

 Borer — How to be rid of him — The Tent Caterpillar — A Terrible Foe — Prevention and 

 Destruction — The Canker Worm — Destruction of the Moth — Preventive and Destructive 

 Measures — The Apple Worm — How to destroy them — The Slug — The Curculio — Various 

 Methods of destroying them — The Pigs will help yon — Also the Birds 558- 563 



CHAPTEE XVII. 



GRAPE CULTURE AND WINE MAKING. 



Corner Stones of Grape Culture — Vineyard — Culture — Soil — Situation — Preparation of the Soil 

 — Fertilizers — Propagation — Raising your own Vines — A few Cuttings from the Nursery 

 — Packing Cuttings — Planting Cuttings — Layers — Transplanting — Laterals — Tendrils^ 

 Cutting Back — Final Plauting — Results of five years — Orape Growing Contagious — De- 

 mand for Cuttings — Pruning and Training — The Trellis — Horizontal Arms — Alternate 

 Renewal — The System explained and illustrated — Objections answered — Profits from a 

 Vineyard — George Hussman's Vineyard — The Lakeview System of Trellis and Training 

 —Cultivation in the Vineyard — Covering the Vines or "laying down" for Winter — Gath- 

 ering — Packing — Marketing and Keeping — Garden Culture — Nearly every one can have 



