INDEX 



339 



Strawberry, packing of, 177 



planting of, 171 

 propagation of, 169 

 varieties of, 178 

 Suburban garden, 20, 21 

 Summer pruning, 1-47 



spravs, formulas for, 137 

 Supply tank, 129 

 Sweet potato, 22 



System of planting orchard fruits, 

 227 

 hexagonal, 229 

 quincunx, 229 

 square system, 22S 



Temperature necessary for ger- 

 mination, 35 

 maximum, 35 

 minimum, 35 

 optimum, 35 

 Tent caterpillar, 242 

 Thinning of plants, 45, 46 

 Thrip on citrus fruits, 300 

 Tile germinator, 40 

 Tillage, 61 

 Time for layering, 82 



to plant, 43 

 Tip layering, SO 

 Toadstool rot, 296 

 Tobacco, 134 

 Tomato, 21, 22 



disease of, 112 

 Tongue graft, 96, 97 

 Tongueing, SO 

 Top working, 102 



of citrus orchard, 288 

 Tools, budding, 91 



pruning, 141 

 Training of brambles, 201 



of grapes, 213 

 Transportation, 15S 

 Tree protectors, 119 



Trellises, 214 



Trench layering, 80, SI 



Tuber, 76 



cutting, 82, 83 

 Twin cylinder sprayer, 126 



U 

 Unit of measure, 18 



Valves, valve seats, 128 

 Varieties of apples, 233 



of brambles, 204 



of bush fruits, 1S9 



of cherries, 259 



of grapes, 216 



of peaches, 269 



of pears, 246 



of plums, 279 



of quinces, 252 



of strawberries, 178 

 Vegetative reproduction, 73 



W 



Walks, arrangement of, 305 



treatment of, 306 

 Water, bottom, capillary, 64 



hydroscopic, 65 



regulation of, 33 

 Waxes, grafting, 104, 105 

 Weevil, 181 

 Windbreaks, 19 

 Winter care of bulbs and roots, 167 



killing, 161 



protection of plants, 160 



pruning, 147 

 Woody plants, winter care of, 162, 



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