GENERAL INDEX. 



Amygdalus Cochinchinensis 12 



" communis 11 



" " var. laevis. . . 11 



" nuna 12 



" orientalis 12 



Persica 11 



Baskets and Crates 87 



Beecher 88 



" Paper 88 



" Number needed 89 



Size of 87 



Stave 87 



Bass Matting 50 



Blossoms, Size of 166 



Boats 107 



Buds 44-50 



" Cultivation of 56 



" Expressed 48 



" Leaf and Fruit 46 



" Rubbing off 59 



Budders 49 



Budding 48 



Budding described 51 



Budding-knife 61 



California, Peaches in 26 



Catalogue of Varieties 179 



Clingstones 167-197 



Coming in 85 



Consignees 95 



Coulter's, Thomas, Method of Cul- 

 ture 25 



Crates 90 



Cullers 112 



Culture after a Crop 120 



Cutting back tha Stocks 58 



Cutting the Ties 66 



Delaware Fruit Exchange 100 



Delaware Peninsula, Peaches in ... 16 



Descriptive Catalogue 179 



Empties 115 



Espalier 146 



Facing 113 



Freestones 167 



Glands 166 



Guano in the Nursery 44 



Heeling-in 67 



Illinois, Peaches in 21 



Insects and Diseases 128 



" ^Egeria exitiosa 128 



" The Borer 128 



" Curculio 133 



" Rhynchoenus Nenuphar 133 



Indiana, Peaches in 21 



Introduction 9 



Kansas, Peaches in 22 



Kentucky, Peaches in 21 



Ladders 105 



Logan's, Thomas, Orchard 69 



Manure in the Nursery 60 



Markers 38 



Markets 117 



Marking 64 



Michigan, Peaches in 20 



Missouri, Peaches in 22 



Natural Fruit 32 



Nectarine 12 



New England, Peaches in 24 



New Jersey. Peaches in 18 



Nursery Cultivation 42 



" Cutting Back in the ft8 



" Preparation of Ground for 37 

 Pruning in the..... jj^ 61 



Nursery 



fflSS.f. 



the .......... 60 



29 

 Rows, Direction of ...... 63 



Marking of ....... 54 



Nursery Trees, Heeling-in ........ 67 



Packing .......... 65 



" Rubbing off Leaves 63 

 " " Taking up ........ 62 



Ohio.Peaches in ................ 19 



Orchard, Broken Limbs in ....... 121 



" Cropping an ............ 79 



" Cultivation of .......... 78 



" Cutting-in ............. 82 



" Fertilizers for .......... 123 



" First Trimming of ...... 78 



Height of Head in ...... 81 



Hogs in the ............ 120 



" Near Water ............ 70 



" Planting an ............ 72 



Plowing in the ......... 83 



" Second Trimming of .... 80 



Selecting a Site for ..... 68 



Shape of .............. 71 



Soil for ............... 70 



" Time to Plant an ....... 77 



Orders, how filled ............... 63 



Packing Trees ................. 65 



Peach, Botanical History of the ... 11 

 Peach Brandy .................. 125 



" in China ................. 15 



" in England ............... 16 



" Culture in France ......... 16 



" in the United States 16 

 Peach-growing Regions .......... 16 



Peach-House ................... 154 



" Uses of the .............. 124 



" Wagon .................. 113 



" Tree, Duration of ......... 13 



" " Native Country of . . . 14 

 Peaches, Color of ............... 167 



in Pots ................ 160 



Peninsula Fruit Growers' Associa- 



tion ...................... 99 



Picking ........................ 108 



" Number of hands required 

 for ....................... 110 



Pot Culture .................... 160 



Prematures .................... 109 



Preparation of Ground for Nursery 37 

 Profit ......................... 118 



Pruning at Planting ............. 76 



Quilling ......... . ............. 63 



Returns ............... ; ....... 114 



Ripeness, how told .............. Ill 



Seed .......................... 31 



Seed-bed ...................... 36 



Seed, Characters of good ........ 33 



Planting ................. 40 



Shippers ...................... 106 



Slipping the Bud .............. 63 



Stakes for Marking ............. 64 



Stripper ...................... 51 



Special Culture ................ 146 



Taking up and sending to Market . 

 Tyer . . . 



51 

 50 

 Training, Espalier .............. 146 



Fan Shape 152 



Transportation 92 



Tree-digging Plow 64 



Twigs 47 



Tying 62 



