CONTENTS. 



SUBJECTS. 

 FRUIT GARDEN. 



Thb Propagatioit op Fkuit Trees — pack 



Grafting - ^ & 



How to Cleft Graft 6 



How to Whip Graft 9- 



How to make Grafting "Wax 7 



To prepare Waxed Cloth 11 



To Select Scions 11 



Budding and when to Bud 12 



How to Select Buds 14 



When to Remove the Ligature and Head Back the Stock 16 



The Pruning of Frtiit Trees — 



When to Prune and why 18 



Where to Prune 20 



Pruning to Produce Fruit 21 



Transplanting Trees — 



The best Time to Transplant 23 



Preparingthe Ground 23 



How to Plant 25 



The best Trees for Transplanting 27 



Mulching — 



What is Meant by Mulching 26 



How to Mulch, and why it is done 26 



Treatment of Young Orchards — 



To Protect from Mice 30 



To Keep the Bark Clean and Healthy 31 



Location of Orchard — 



Soil and Aspect 31 



Hillsand Valleys 32 



Injurious Insects, and how to get bid of them — 



The Tent Caterpillar 35 



The Two-striped Borer 38 



The Buprestis Apple Tree Borer 40 



The Codling Worm 42 



The PlumCurculio 45. 



