INDEX 



351 



Poach, propagation of, 276 



soil, site for, 277 



tree borer, 285 



varieties, 282 



yellows, 282 

 Pear blight, 259, 260 



cultivation of, 257 



diseases of, 259 



harvesting of, 258 



insects of, 261 



marketing of, 258 



planting of, 257 



propagation of, 256 



pruning of, 258 



psylla, 261 



scab, 261 



soil for, 257 



thrips, 262 



varieties, 259 

 Peas, 21, 22 

 Peg tooth harrow, 75 

 Peppers, 21, 22 

 Pests of plants, 112 

 Physiological troubles, 123 



control of, 123 



Plans of gardens, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 

 35 



for home grounds, 327-330 



of hotbed, 61 



Planning the home garden, 17 

 Plant diseases, 117 



equilibrium of, 148 



louse on bush fruits, 205 

 on cherry, 274 

 on peach, 287 

 Planting of brambles, 213 



companion, 24 



depth of, 48 



rotation, 24 



of strawberry, systems of, 184 



succession, 24 

 Plants, thinning of, 51 

 Plate bud, 98, 99 

 Plowing, 72 

 Plum, 287 



cultivation and thinning of, 290 



diseases of, : 292 



insects of, 294 



propagation of, 288 



pruning and harvesting of, 291 



soil and planting of, 289 



varieties of, 292 

 Plunger, 134 

 Poisoned bait, 117 



Poisons for biting insects, 137 



for plant diseases, 141 



for sucking insects, 139 

 Pome fruits, 237 



Position of vegetables in garden, 20 

 Potatoes, 21, 22 

 Powdery mildew on bush fruits, 204 



on grape, 231 

 Power sprayer, 133 

 Predaceous animals, 124 



control measure for, 124, 127 

 Processes of germination, 42 

 Procumbent stems, 82 

 Produce, care of, 160 



grading of, 161 



preparing of, for market, 163 

 Propagation, 79 



of apples, 237 



of brambles, 211 



by bulbs, 80 



of bush fruits, 197 



of cherry, 267 



of citrus fruits, 300 



by conns, 81 



by cuttings, 88 



of grapes, 220 



by layers, 84 



of peach, 276 



of plum, 288 



of quince, 264 



by rhizomes, 81 



by runners, 83 



by stolons, 83 



of strawberries, 182 



by tubers, 82 

 Protection of wounds, 149 

 Prune, time to, 148 

 Pruning of apple, 243 



of bearing trees, 155 



of black raspberry, 210 



of brambles, 215 



of bush fruits, 200 



cause for, 150 



of cherry, 271 



effects of, 151 



of gooseberry, 201 



of old trees, 156 



of peach, 279, 280 



of pear, 258 



of plum, 291 



principles of, 147 



roots of plants, 153 



saws, knives, 149, 150 



summer, winter, 153 



