Contents xiii 



SUBSEQUENT CARE OF THE FRUIT-PLANTATION, Continued Pages 



SPECIAL CARE OF THE PLANTS 273-283 



Staking young trees 273-274 



Watering .274 



Bark-bound trees 274-276 



Scraping trees 276-277 



Whitewashing trees 277 



Ringing 277-279 



Top-grafting bearing trees 279-281 



Grafting-wax 281-282 



Bagging fruits 282 



Winter preparations 282-283 



RENOVATING OLD ORCHARDS 283-287 



Why are orchards barren? 286-287 



CHAPTER VIII 



ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES 288-318 



MISCELLANEOUS INJURIES 289-299 



Depredations of live-stock 289 



Birds 289-290 



Rodents 290 



Girdled trees 290-292 



Hail injuries 292 



Sun-scald . 292-294 



Borers 294-296 



Cankers and bad spots; wounds 296-298 



Root-galls 298-299 



WINTER-KILLING 299-307 



Winter-killing of the wood 299-304 



Frost cankers 304-305 



Winter-killing of the fruit-buds 306-307 



INJURY BY FROSTS IN THE GROWING SEASON 307-317 



What is an injurious degree of cold? 313-317 



THE EFFECT OF RAIN ON THE SETTING OF FRUIT . . 317-318 



