Vlll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XV. 



PROPAGATION, BUDDING AND GRAFTING 106 



All new varieties 107 



Pack in moist earth 108 



How to fasten a bud 110 



Angers quince Ill 



Worthless varieties 112 



Inserting cions 113 



Grafting wax 115 



Vexatious moments 116 



CHAPTER XVI. 



PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS 117 



Field mice 118 



A girdled tree 119 



Keep the bark clean 130 



Potash wash 121 



The blight 123 



Insects 123 



Curculio 124 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 ORCHARD RECORD 125 



