xiv Contents 



CHAPTER IX 



Pages 



THE SPRAYING OF FRUIT-PLANTATIONS 319-363 



THE KINDS or DIFFICULTIES 322-324 



SPECIFIC REMARKS ON SPRAYING 324-333 



LISTS AND FORMULAS 333-336 



Synopsis of the principal considerations in the choice of 



a power sprayer and nozzles 334-336 



INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 336-343 



LEADING FRUIT INSECTS AND DISEASES THAT ARE CON- 

 TROLLED BY SPRAYING 343-361 



ARSENICAL POISONING OF FRUIT TREES . . 361-363 



CHAPTER X 



HARVESTING AND MARKETING THE FRUIT 364-422 



PICKING FRUITS 365-380 



When to pick 365-369 



Apples 366-367 



Pears 367-368 



Stone-fruits 368-369 



How to pick 370-374 



Ladders for picking 374-377 



Fruit-pickers and harvesters 377-380 



Necessity of hand-picking 380 



CARING FOR THE FRUIT AFTER PICKING 380-383 



Keeping records with the pickers 380-383 



THE GRADING AND PACKING OF FRUIT 383-407 



What is first-class fruit? 383-384 



The grading 384-385 



The packages 386-392 



How to pack 392^00 



Box-packing of fruits 400-407 



FARM PACKING-HOUSES AND APPLIANCES 407-413 



STORING FRUITS AT THE FARM 413-422 



Requisites for domestic storage without ice 415-418 



Farm storage buildings 418-422 



