Index 



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best Varieties, 8 

 budding, 57 

 grafting, 48 

 liming, 39 

 manuring, 35 

 mulching, 34 

 pruning, 19, 30 

 regrafting old trees, 41 

 sterility, 39 



Pests- 

 blight, 65 

 insects, 66 



prevention and cure, 36 

 remedies, 72, 74 

 washes, 76 



Planting fruit trees- 

 best time, 12 

 depth, i 6 

 distance apart, 13 

 law for, i 

 making holes, 14 

 preparing plot. 12 

 staking, 14 

 trimming roots, 15 



Plums- 

 best bush varieties, 9 

 budding, 57 

 grafting, 48 

 liming, 39 

 mulching, 34 

 pruning, 22 

 regrafting old trees, 40 

 sterility, 39 



Pruning 



apples, 19 



cherries, 23 



currants, 24 



gooseberries, 26 



its objects, 18 



pears, 19 



plums, 22 



raspberries, 26 



root pruning (old trees), 32, 



46 



summer pruning, 29 

 winter pruning, 19, 31 

 wounds and broken 



branches, 28, 32 

 Pyramids, 22 



RASPBERRIES 

 mulching, 34 

 pruning, 28 



Regrafting old trees, 40 



Roots- 

 pruning, 32, 46 

 trimming, 15 



Roses- 

 budding, 51, 53 

 cuttings, 57 

 stock for grafting, 57 



Rusts, remedies for, 75 



SCAB, prevention, 36 

 Scions for grafting, 41, 50 

 Silverleaf, 36, 38, 40, 71 

 Soils, 2 

 Spraying 



for diseases, 36 



machines, 74 



washes for, 76 

 Staking, 14 

 Standards, 2 



Sterility, causes of, 38, 40 

 Stocks 



budding, 57 



grafting, 48 



roses, 52, 57 



small gardens, i 

 Strawberries, 63 



TIME to plant, 12 

 Trees 



bush, 2 



cordon, 4 



espaliers, 4 



half standards, 4 



pyramids, 22 



standards, 22 



VARIETIES for small gardens 

 apples (bush), 6 

 cherries, 10 

 pears (bush), 8 



., (cordon), 8 

 plums (bush), 9 



WASHES 



formulae, 76 

 for black currants, 43 

 for fungus diseases, 71 

 for insect pests, 66, 74 

 lime, 36 



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