396 INDEX. 



standard peach tree, 231 ; root pruning, 233 ; conducted in the form of & 

 vase, ib. ; as an espalier, 236 ; symptoms of the yellows and mildew in, 

 363 ; insects infesting, 373. 



Peaches, forms of, 42 ; abridged descriptions of thirty-eight select varieties 

 of freestone and clingstone, 330-335 : select list of, 335. 



Pear, the, principal stocks in use for, 111 ; time for budding, 133; as a pyra- 

 mid, 190, 207; in the dwarf standard form, 191, 206; management of the 

 standard pear tree, 204; pruning the branched yearling, 210; treatment 

 of two-year old nursery trees, 211; management of the fruit branches, 

 217; as an espalier, 220; renovation of pyramidal trees, 271 ; fire blight 

 of. 361 ; pear leaf blight, 362. 



Pears, forms of, 41 ; varieties of, that succeed well on the quince, 172 ; 

 abridged descriptions of one hundred and eighty-two select varieties of 

 summer, autumn, winter, pears for baking and stewing, and new and rare 

 varieties, 299-319; select assortments of, 312; method of packing for 

 distant markets, 358. 



Peaty soil, nature of, 49. 



Petals, the, 28. 



Pick, the, 380. 



Pinching, nature and objects of, 92. 



Pistil, the, 29. 



Pith, the, 5. 



Plant louse, the, ravages of, and method of destroying, 365, 366. 



Plantations of fruit trees, different kinds of, 157. 



Plants, exhalation of moisture and g?ses by, 22 ; propagation of, 60. 



Plough, the subsoil and one-horse, 377. 



Ploughing, subsoil, 50. 



Plum, the, stocks for, 119: the horse, ib. ; the Canada, or wild, 120; the 

 cherry plum, ib.; the sloe as a stock for, 121 ; propagated by layers, 122; 

 time for budding, 133; as a pyramid, 192; as a dwarf standard, 193; 

 pruning and management of, 244 ; diseases of, 364. 



Plums, forms of, 42 ; abridged descriptions of fifty-one select varieties of, 

 335-340; small select lists of, 341. 



Plumule, the, 44. 



Pruning, importance of the operation of, 83 ; various objects to be attained 

 by, 84 ; to direct the growth from one part to another, ib. ; heading down, 

 85 ; to maintain an equal growth, to renew growth, and to induce fruit- 

 fulness, 86 ; pruning the roots and pruning at the time of transplanting, 

 87; mechanically considered, 88; season for, 91 ; general principles of, as 

 laid down by Dubreuil, 96; directions for the pruning of stocks, 125; 

 pruning the apple and the pear, 203 ; the quince, 222; the cherry, 224; 

 the peach, 229; the plum, 244; the apricot, 245; the nectarine, 246; 

 grape vines, ib.; the filbert, 257; the fig, 260; the gooseberry, 262; the 

 currant, 265; the raspberry, 267; implements used in, 381. 



