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INDEX. 



Ventilation, ii. 188 

 Atmospheric moisture, ii. 189 

 Trees casting their fruit, ii. 190 

 Thinning the crops, ii. 190 

 Protecting the fruit, ii. 191 

 Gathering, ii. 191 

 Potted trees, ii. 191 

 Pinching, ii. 192 

 Potting, ii. 192 

 Forcing, ii. 193 

 Varieties, ii. 174 

 Structures, ii. 194 

 Routine work, ii. 194 

 For sale, iii. 305 

 On walls, iii. 305 

 Suitable varieties, iii. 305 

 Cost of trees, iii. 305 

 Prices of fruit, iii. 306 

 Forcing, iii. 313 

 Varieties, iii. 313 

 Selling the crops, iii. 313 

 Packing and marketing, iii. 325 

 Diseases, ii. 199 

 Canker, ii. 199 

 Spot, ii. 199 

 Enemies, ii. 199 

 Thrips, ii. 199 

 Mealy bug, ii. 199 

 Red spider, ii. 199 

 Brown scale, ii. 199 

 Fig scale, ii. 200 

 Remedial measures, ii. 199 

 FLOWERS, i. 18 

 Formation of, i. 19 

 Fertilisation of, i. 19 

 FRUIT GROWING FOR PROFIT, iii. 255 

 Classes of fruit growers, iii. 255 

 For private consumption, iii. 255 

 For exhibition, iii. 255 

 For market, iii. 256 

 Labourers and fruit, iii. 256 

 Farm gardens and orchards, iii. 257 

 Small holdings, iii. 258 

 Landowners' gardens and fruit farms, 



iii. 259 



Tradesmen and mechanics, iii. 260 

 Supply and demand, iii. 261 

 Imports of fruit, iii. 261 

 Land and location, iii. 265 

 Climate, iii. 265 

 Soil, iii. 265 

 Tenure, iii. 266 

 FRUITS FOR SALE, iii. 309 

 Cool treatment, 309 

 Wall cases, iii. 309 

 Cost of eraction, iii. 309 

 Apples, iii. 310 

 Apricots, iii. 310 

 Cherries, iii. 310 

 Figs, iii. 310 

 Grapes, iii. 310 



Peaches and Nectarines, iii. jjo 

 Pears, iii. 311 

 Plums, iii. 312 

 Strawberries, iii. 312 

 Forced fruits, iii. 312 

 Apricots, iii. 312 

 Cherries, iii. 312 

 Figs, iii. 312 

 Grapes, iii. 313 

 Melons, iii. 316 



Nectarines, iii. 316 

 Peaches, iii. 317 

 Pine apples, iii. 319 

 Strawberries, iii. 319 

 On walls, iii. 304 



For south walls, iii. 304 

 For west walls, iii. 304 

 For east walls, iii. 304 

 For north walls, iii, 304 

 Apricots, iii. 305 

 Cherries, iii. 305 

 Figs, iii. 305 

 Grapes, iii. 306 

 Peaches, iii. 306 

 Pears, iii. 306 

 Plums, iii. 307 



Unsatisfactory trees against build- 

 ings, iii. 308 



Packing and marketing, iii. 321 

 Apples, iii. 321 

 Apricots, iii. 324 

 Cherries, iii. 324 

 Currants, iii. 325 

 Figs, iii. 325 

 Gooseberries, iii. 326 

 Grapes, iii. 326 

 Melons, iii. 328 

 Nuts, iii. 328 



Peaches and Nectarines, iii. 329 

 Pears, iii. 330 

 Pine apples, iii. 331 

 Plums, iii. 331 

 Raspberries, iii. 332 

 Strawberries, iii. 333 

 Sending fruit by post, iii. 335 

 Fruit plantations, iii. 284 

 Laying-out, iii. 285 

 Apples, iii. 286 



Feathered trees, iii. 287 



Varieties, iii. 288 



Distances to plant, iii. 289 



Profits, iii. 290 

 Cherries, iii. 290 



Varieties, iii. 290 



Cost of planting, iii. 291 

 Currants Red, iii. 291 



Varieties, iii. 291 



Cost of bushes, iii. 291 

 Currants Black, iii. 292 

 Gooseberries, iii. 293 



Varieties, iii. 293 



Cost of trees, iii. 293 



Dressing the ground, iii. 294 



Profits, iii. 294 

 Nuts, iii. 295 



Cost of trees, iii. 295 



Varieties, iii. 295 



Profits, iii. 296 

 Pears, iii. 297 



Soil, iii. 297 



Varieties, iii. 297 



Cost of trees, iii. 297 



Planting, iii. 298 



Pruning, iii. 299 

 Plums, iii. 299 



Varieties, iii. 299 



Cost of trees, iii. 299 



Pruning, iii. 300 

 Raspberries, iii. 300 



Profits, iii. 301 

 Strawberries, iii. 301 



Varieties, iii. 302 

 Cost of plants, iii. 302 

 Profits, iii. 302 

 Attention required, iii. 303 

 FRUIT PRESERVATION, iii. 342 

 Cider-making, iii. 342 



Apples for, iii. 342 

 Perry making, 344 



Pears for, iii, 344 

 Making jam, iii. 345 



Steam pan, iii. 345 



Prices of jam, iii. 346 

 Canning fruits, iii. 346 



American methods, iii. 347 



Home canning, iii. 347 



Crystallised fruits, iii. 348 

 Fruit drying, iii. 350 

 Useful appliances, iii. 350 

 Chiswick experiments, iii. 351 

 FRUIT GARDENS, i. 70 

 Form of, i. 70 

 Plan of complete, i. 71 

 Fruit garden and orchard, i. 77 

 Cottagers', i. 76 

 Renovating old gardens, i. 77 

 Plantations, iii. 342 

 Orcharding, iii. 268 

 FRUITS, i. 21 

 Formation of, i. 22 

 Stone fruit, i. 23 

 Pippin fruit, i. 23 

 The splitting of, i. 25 

 FRUITS, PERFECTING, i. 200 

 Protecting, i. 201 

 Gathering, i. 202 

 Storing, i, 203 

 Rooms for, i. 204 

 Grading, i. 214 

 FRUIT TREES, i. 72 

 Borders for, i. 72 

 Digging amongst, i. 80 

 Hoeing, i. Si 

 Raising, i. 97 



Seedlings, i. 97 



Cuttings, i. 99 



Layers, i. 102 



Suckers, i. 105 



Runners, i. 106 



Stocks and their influence, i. 107 

 Planting, i. 137 



Laying out, i. 137 



Planting in squares, i. 138 



Opposite vacancy order, i. 140 



Markers for planting, i. 142 



Hillsides, i. 143 



Choosing trees, i. 144 



Lifting trees, i. 146 



Time of planting, i. 147 



Adjusting roots and branches, i. 148 



Pruning and staking, i. 149 



Forming stations, i. 151 



Against walls and fences, i. 153 

 Preserving the names of trees, i. 154 

 Suitable labels, i. 155 

 Pruning (see " Pruning ") 

 Lifting, i. 172 

 Shaping, i. 178 



Cup form, i. 179 



Forked form, i. 180 

 Training, i. 183 

 Disbudding, i. 186 



