ILLUSTRATIONS XV 



213. Young Peach Trees 321 



214. Pruning of Orchard Trees in Winter 322 



215. Summer Pruning of Fruit Trees. .. . 322 



216. When Trees are Small 323 



217. Clean Culture in Apple Orchard 324 



218. The Cutaway Disk Harrow 324 



219. Cutaway Disk Harrow at Work 324 



220. When Fruit is Growing 329 



221. When the Fruit is Thinned 329 



222. At Harvest Time 331 



223. Marketing the Best Grades of Peaches 332 



224. The Very Choicest Peaches 332 



225. Nectarines and Choice Japanese Plums 332 



226. Making Crates for Peaches 334 



227. A Storeroom for Fruit Awaiting Shipment. . . 334 



228. Blackberry Bushes 338 



229. When Blackberries Ripen 339 



230. A Twig of the Downing Gooseberry 340 



231. The Cherry Currant 341 



232. Pruning Grapevines 341 



233. The Grapevine Should be Well Supported 342 



234. Strawberry Blossoms 344 



235. Strawberries are Often Grown in the Narrow Row 345 



236. The Straw Mulch 345 



237. The Matted Rows of Strawberries 346 



238. Students Studying Methods of Growing Strawberries 346 



239. A Mountain Lake 349 



240. A Sturdy Old White Pine Tree Too Crooked for Lumber 349 



241. The Hemlock 350 



242. White Spruce 350 



243. Black Spruce 350 



244. Cone of Norway Spruce 351 



245. A Log-jam in a Small Stream 352 



246. Land Skinned 353 



247. Pruning and Tree Surgery 356 



248. The Raising of Seedling Trees 357 



249. A Well-managed Wood Lot 358 



250. Buckets Catching Maple Sap 359 



251. The Making of Maple Syrup 360 



252. Commercial Hickories 362 



253. Hickory Nuts 363 



254. "The Opening of a Chestnut Bur" , . 364 



255. Tobacco Planter at Work 368 



256. Tobacco in Maryland 368 



257. Wagon Rack of Tobacco 369 



258. Interior of Tobacco Barn 369 



259. Tennessee Tobacco Barn 370 



260. Hay-field in Late Summer 373 



261. The Wild Aster 373 



262. The Mullein Plant 374 



263. Wide-leaved Plantain 375 



264. Chicory 375 



265. Young Plants of Sudan and Johnson Grass 379 



266. The Wet Thumb Will Pick Up Seeds 385 



267. One of the Quickest Ways of Examining Seeds 385 



