CONTENTS, 



Protection continued. 



Preserving Buds ... ... ... 191 



Fruit Cages 192 



Protecting Blossom ... ... ... 198 



Thinning Fruit 197 



Perfecting and Protecting Fruit . . . 200 



Protecting Fruit 201 



Gathering Fruit 202 



Tests for Gathering 202 



Storing Fruit 208 



Fruit Rooms 204 



Grading Fruit 214 



Implements ... ... ... ... 215 



Spade 215 



Shovels 216 



Forks 216 



Pickaxe 216 



Pick Mattock 216 



Mattock 216 



Drag or Canterbury Hoe ... ... 216 



Pitchfork 217 



Bakes 217 



Trowels 217 



Hoes 217 



Edge Tools 217 



Budding Knives 218 



Pruning 218 



Scissors or Hand Shea s ... .. 219 



Secateurs ... .. ... ... 219 



Tree Pruners 220 



Axe 221 



Saws 221 



Chisel 222 



Hammer 222 



Crowbar 222 



Mallet 222 



Barrows 222 



Baskets 224 



Scraper 224 



Ladders 225 



Diseases 226 



Fungi 227 



Canker 229 



Gum 284 



Apple Scab 288 



Mildew 245 



Lichen and Moss 250 



Enemies ... ... ... ... ... 252 



Insects 252 



American Blight or Woolly Aphis ... 253 



Ants 255 



Aphides 258 



Beetles and Woodlice 262 



Cockroaches and Crickets ... ... 265 



CodlinMoth 266 



Earwig 267 



Millipedes 268 



Eed Spider 269 



Scale 272 



Slugs and Snails 276 



Thrips 274 



Kntmies continued. 



Wireworm 277 



Wasps 279 



Weevils 282 



Caterpillars 288 



Figure-of-Eight Moth 288 



Lackey Moth 285 



Small Ermine Moth 286 



Vapourer Moth . . .... ... 286 



Mottled Umber Moth 287 



Pale Brindled Beauty Moth (March 



Moth) 288 



Winter Moth 288 



Birds 296 



Hares and Babbits 297 



Mice and Bats 298 



Mole 800 



Squirrels ... 800 



Remedial Appliances ... ... ... 301 



Dusting 301 



Fumigation 803 



Spraying ... ... ... ... 805 



Sprayers 806 



APPLES 809 



Varieties for Cultivation ... ... 815 



Descriptive Lists of Apples ... ... 817 



Dessert 317 



Selections of Dessert Apples ... ... 819 



Descriptive List of Dessert or Culinary 821 



Selections of Dessert or Culinary ... 328 



Descriptive List of Culinary Apples ... 324 



Selections of Culinary ... ... ... 827 



Apples for Special Districts, Soils, and 



Forms of Trees 828 



Apples suited to Different Parts of Great 



Britain and Ireland ... ... 880 



Southern Counties ... ... ... 380 



Eastern and Midland Counties . . . 330 



Northern Counties ... ... ... 331 



Eastern, Midland, and Southern Coun- 

 ties of Scotland 832 



Elevated Situations wilh Shelter ... 882 



Apples suited to Vat ions Soils ... ... 838 



Shallow Loam resting on Gravel and 



Sand 888 



Strong Loam ... ... .. ... 884 



Peaty Soil 884 



Selections of Apples for Various Modes 



of Culture 884 



Bushes or Pyramids ... ... ... 884 



Low Standards ... ... ... ... 885 



Apples suitable for Tall Standards ... 886 



Apples suitable for Borders 887 



Apples suitable for Espaliers ... ... 887 



Apples for Walls 338 



Propagation ... ... ... ... 888 



- Stocks 889 



Soil 840 



Preparing Ground 



Distances for Planting 344 



Planting 



