352 



INDEX 



Pruning tools, 149, 150 



top of plants, 142 



of young trees, 154 

 Pyrethrum, formula for, 138 



Q 



QUINCE, cultivation of, 264 

 diseases of, 265 

 insects of, 265 

 propagation of, 264 

 pruning of, 265 

 soil for, 264 



R 



RADISH, 21, 22 



in Delaware basket, 163 

 Raspberry, 21, 22 



cultivation of, 208, 209 

 Red spider, 313 

 Regulation of water, 39 

 Repellents, 116 

 Retailer, the, 170 

 Review questions, 36, 53, 65, 77, 94, 



111, 128, 146, 158, 172, 181, 195, 



206, 219, 235, 266, 297, 316, 331 

 Rhizomes, 81 

 Rhubarb, 21, 22 

 Riding cultivator, 77 

 Ringing, 36 

 Root cutting, 90 



graft, 104 



Rose, winter care of, 176, 177 

 Rotation planting, 24 

 Runner, 83 



S 



SADDLE graft, 104 



San Jose" scale on apple, 252-254 



on peach, 187 

 Sash, 59 



Scab on apple, 248 

 on pear, 261 

 on plum, 294 



Scale insects on apple, 252 

 on citrus fruits, 312 

 on peach, 287 

 Seed-bed, soil for, 47 



Seed, germinative energy of, 44 



its needs, 38 



longevity of, 43 



maturity of, 42 



pot, 39 



soundness of, 43 



sowing of, 50 



tester, kinds of, 45 

 dinner plate, 46 

 Geneva, 46 



testing, 44 



treatment, 145 

 Seedlings, transplantings of, 52 



watering of, 50 

 Self-boiled lime sulphur, 142 

 Selling associations, 170 

 Semi-hardwood cuttings, 93 

 Serpentine layering, 87 

 Sexual reproduction, 80 

 Shield bud, 96, 97 

 Short season crops, 20 

 Shot hole disease on cherry, 274 

 Shrubs, grouping and massing of, 



321 



Single hedge row system, 185 

 Size of garden, 19 

 Slug on cherry, 275 

 Soap formula, 140 

 Softwood cutting, 90 



methods of handling, 93 

 Soil, compacting of, 49 



mulching of, 178 



sanitation of, 122 



thermometer for, 64 



water-holding capacity of, influ- 

 enced by cultivation, 70 

 So9ty blotch, 248 

 Spinach, 22 



in Delaware basket, 163 

 Splice graft, 102 

 Spray gun, 136 



machine parts, 134-136 



machinery, 129 



materials, 136-146 



nozzles, 135 



rod, 136 

 Sprayers, automatic, 130 



barrel, 131 



kinds of, 129 



power, 128 



twin cylinder, 132 

 Spraying outline for apple, 256 

 for brambles, 219 

 for cherry, 275 



