INDEX. 



387 



Small Fruits, their moral value and 



power, 30. 

 Small Fruits, their value in our home 



life, 31. 

 Small Fruits, sources of varied pleasure 



and interest, 32. 

 Small Fruit farming, its early begin- 

 nings, 34. 

 Small Fruit farming, its present large 



proportions, 35. 

 Small Fruit farming, its requirements 



as a calling, 36. 

 Small Fruit farming, capital needed, 39. 

 Snow, best winter protection, 126. 

 Snyder Blackberry, 248. 

 Sod land, 74. 



Soil, influence of on strawberries, 62. 

 Soil, the best for strawberries, 62. 

 Soils, advantages of a variety, 64. 

 Soils, preparing and enriching, 66. 

 Soils, preparation by drainage, 'j']. 

 Soils, wet, •]'^. 



Soils, unfavorable, 91. , 



Soils, clay, treatment of, 92. 

 Soils, sandy, treatment of, 95. 

 Soils, gravelly, treatment of, 97. 

 Soils, peat, treatment of, 97. 

 Soils, when fit for planting, 135. 

 Southern small fruit culture, 319, 323. 

 Southern strawberry culture, 153. 

 Staminate varieties, 120. 

 Steamer loading and unloading, iSo. 

 Stock, the best is the cheapest, 109, 1 1 1. 

 Stock, quality, of, no. 

 Stock, improving, 112. 

 Storm, November, 88. 

 Strawberry, origin of name, 45. 

 Strawberry, seeds and pulp, 45, 46. 

 Strawberry, Alpine, 46. 

 Strawberries, white and red, 132. 

 Strawberries of the ancients, 47. 

 Strawberry, history of the, 46-56. 

 Strawberry, Wood, 47. 

 Strawberry, Hautbois, 51, 365. 

 Strawberry, first named variety, 52, 

 Strawberry, Virginian {F. Virguiiana)^ 



52. 

 Strawberry, Indian {F. Indica), 53. 



Strawberry, Chili {F. Chilensis), 53, 366. 

 Strawberry, President Wilder, 55, 132. 

 Strawberry, Wilson's Albany, 52, 58, 



127. 

 Strawberry, Hovey's Seedling, 52. 

 Strawberry, Triomphe de Gand, 55. 

 Strawberry, Jucunda, 55, 85. 

 Strawberry, Monarch of the West, 56, 



Strawberry of memory, 61. 

 Strawberry blossoms, fertilizing of, I2X. 

 Strawberry blossoms, varieties of, 120. 

 Strawberry, Sharpless Seedling, 124. 

 Strawberry, Crescent Seedling, 127. 

 Strawberry, Champion, 12S. 

 Strawberry, Windsor Chief, 129. 

 Strawberry, Neunan's Prolific, 129. 

 Strawberry, Seth Boyden, 130. 

 Strawberry, Charles Downing, 131. 

 Strawberry, Kentucky Seedling, 131. 

 Strawberry, the most beautiful and de- 

 licious, 132. 

 Strawberry, Duchess, 144. 

 Strawberry, its culture in the South, 



153- 

 Strawberry farm, largest in the world, 



description of, 15 5-1 81. 

 Strawberry, qualities essential to a first 



class, 190. 

 Strawberry worm, 287. 

 Strawberry plants, setting out, 133, 134. 

 Strawberry plants, number set per day, 



135- 



Strawberry plants, proper distance be- 

 tween, 138. 



Strawberry plants, growing for market, 

 151. 



Strawberries, first real improvement in, 

 52. 



Strawberries, the favorite species abroad, 



54- 

 Strawberries, cut the blossoms from 



spring set plants, 145. 

 Strawberries, of commerce, 57-60. 

 Strawberries, of the garden, 57. 

 Strawberries, chief need of, 66. 

 Strawberries, plant and fruit, analysis 



of, 101. 



