CONTENTS. 



VOL. in. 



MELONS 



Varieties 

 Propagation ... 



Soil 



Culture in Frames and Pits 

 Hotbeds 

 Training 

 Cropping 



Maintaining the Heat... 

 Watering and Sprinkling 

 Second Crops of Melons 

 Culture in Hot-water Heated Pits and 



Houses 

 Structures 

 Training 

 Eoutine 

 Diseases 

 Enemies 



MONSTER* DELICIOSA... 

 MULBERRIES ... 

 NUTS ... 



Chestnuts 



Cob-nuts and Filberts ... 

 Varieties 

 Propagation ... 

 Training and Pruning 

 Culture 

 Enemies 

 Walnuts... 



Propagation and Management 

 ORANGES, LEMONS, AND LIMES 

 Varieties... 



Propagation and Management ... 

 Diseases and Enemies ... 

 PEACHES AND NECTARINES 

 Varieties... 



Propagation and Culture 

 Outdoor Cultivation 

 Wall Aspects ... 

 Borders 

 Planting 

 Training... 

 Cordon 

 "U" or Two-branch 



Fan 



Mode of Bearing 

 Pruning ... 



Winter 



Summer 

 Eoutine ... 



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PEACHES AND NECTARINES continued. 



Cultivation under Glass... ... ... 85 



Training ... ... ... ... 87 



Short Pruning 88 



Eoutine 92 



Forcing, Structures for... ... ... 96 



Varieties 98 



Time of Starting 100 



Temperature and Ventilation ... 101 



Trees Casting Buds 103 



Lifting Unsatisfactory Trees... ... 104 



Ailments... ... ... ... ... 105 



Diseases... ... ... ... ... 106 



Enemies... ... ... ... ... 110 



PEAKS 



Varieties... ... ... ... ... 113 



Selections ... ... ... ... 121 



Propagation and Culture ... ... 126 



Soil 127 



Situation ... ... ... ... 129 



Distances between the Trees... ... 130 



Training 132 



Pyramids and Bushes ... ... 132 



Fan-shaped Trees 133 



Pear Walk 187 



Pruning and Eoutine ... ... ... 188 



Manuring ... ... ... ... 140 



Cultivation under Glass... ... ... 145 



Diseases... ... ... ... .. 147 



Insects ... ... ... ... ... 150 



PINE APPLES ... ... ... ... ... 154 



Varieties... ... ... ... ... 155 



Propagation ... ... ..-. ... 156 



Structures ... ... ... ... 157 



Top and Bottom Heat 



Soil and Cultivation ... ... ... 162 



Starting 166 



PI anting- out System ... ... ... 168 



Diseases and Insects ... ... ... 169 



PLUMS AND DAMSONS... ... ... ... 171 



Varieties 171 



Selections ... ... ... ... 176 



Propagation ... ... ... ... 177 



Situation and Soil 

 Arrangement of Trees . . . 

 Planting and Training ... 

 Pruning, Summer 



Winter 



Eoutine Operations .... 

 Cultivation under Glass... 



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