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General Index. 



Fruit trees, saving mice-gnawed, 38. 



transplanting, 57. 



watering, 63. 

 Fruit, assorting, in. 



gathering, 108. 



packing, in. 



thinning, 107. 

 Fruits to supply a family, 127. 



Gathering fruit, 108. 



mode of, 108. 



time for, no. 



Germination, process of, 10. 

 Glossary of terms, 510. 

 Gooseberries, culture of, 426. 



remedy for mildew of, 162. 

 Grafting trees, 17, 32, 35, 138, 185. 



limits of, 42. 



requisites, 32. 



time for, 36. 

 Grafts, restoration of, 38. 



cutting, 36. 



Grape-houses, 393, 396. 

 Grape-mildew, remedy for, 163. 

 Graperies, roofs for, 394. 

 Grape cuttings, 379. 

 Grapes, remarks on, 376. 



culture of, 377. 



description of varieties, 399. 



grafting, 383. 



layering, 377. 



pruning, 388. 



training, 384. 



transplanting, 384, 



trellis for, 385. 



Hedges for enclosures, 49. 

 trimming, 51, 53. 



Implements. 97. 



Insects, destruction caused by, 144. 



aphis, 147. 



apple bark-louse, 148. 



apple-worm, 147. 



borer, 145. 



canker-worm, 149. 



caterpillar, 144. 



cherry-slug, 151. 



curculio, 152. 



currant-worm, 156. 



grape vine flea-beetle, 157. 



peach-worm, 150. 



rose-bug, 156. 



thrips, 157. 



Keeping fruit, requisites for, 117. 

 plan of room for, 119. 

 apples, n8. 

 grapes, 119. 

 pears, 118. 



Labels, 103. 

 Layering grapes, 377. 

 Layers, 30. 

 Leaves, color of, 167. 



forms of, 1 66. 



functions of, 16. 



parts of, 15, 1 66. 



Manures, how to use, 45. 

 Mildew of the gooseberry, 162. 



of the grape, 163. 

 Monthly calendar of work, 449. 

 Mulching, 64. 



Nectarines, culture of, 302, 328. 



description of varieties, 328. 

 Nurseries, laying out, 134. 



management of, 133. 



seeds and stocks of, 134. 



soil for, 133. 



shelter for, 134. 



Orchards, cultivating, 75. 

 laying out, 55, 182. 

 management of, 76. 

 preparing ground for, 54. 

 registering, 68. 

 when to manure, 76. 



Packing fruit, in. 



implements used in, 112. 



apples, 112. 



grapes, 112. 



pears, 112. 



strawberries and small fruits, 115. 

 Peach-mildew, remedy for, 162. 

 Peach trees, winter protection for, 311. 



worm, how to destroy, 150. 

 Peaches, remarks on, 302. 



budding, 304. 



description of varieties, 312. 



plum stocks for, 305. 



propagation of, 303. 



pruning, 307. 



training, 307. 



transplanting, 306. 



raised in pots, 308. 



ripened by fire heat, 310. 

 Pear, dwarf, 236. 



