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INDEX 



Cover crop, buckwheat as a, 113 

 cow peas as a, 113 

 crimson clover as a, 116 

 mammoth red clover as a, 



116 



peas as a, 118 

 rape as a, 115 

 red clover as a, 116 

 rye as a, 115 

 soy beans as a, 117 

 turnips as a, 114 

 vetches as a, 116 

 weeds as a, 118 

 crops, 107 



best crops to use, 112 

 in old orchards, 225 

 plowing under, 111 

 time to sow, 90 

 use of, to add humus, 108 



nitrogen, 109 

 to check growth, 108 

 to hold snow, 111 

 to prevent washing, 107 

 to protect windfalls. 111 

 to take up plant food, 



109 



Cow peas as a cover crop, 113 

 Cropping the orchard, 66 

 Cultivating old orchards, 225 

 Cultivation, advantages of, 81 

 for orchards, 95 

 methods of, 83 

 time to stop, 87 

 Culture of orchards, 77 

 Currants as a companion crop, 73 

 Curculio apple, 151 

 plum, 151, 161 

 Cutaway harrow for orchards, 94 



Damage during cultivation, 88 



Disc harrowing instead of plowing, 85 



harrows for orchards, 94 



plow for orchards, 93 



type of nozzles, 185 

 Diseases of fruit trees, 163 



pome fruits, 16'5 



stone fruits, 171 

 Distances for planting, 58 

 table of, 59 



Double-action hand pump, 180 

 Drainage, 11 

 Dressing for wounds, 140 

 Drew, George A., fertilizer formula 



of, 104 

 Dry sprays vs. liquid, 190 



Experiments in fertilizers, 101 

 Extension rod for spraying, 187 



Fall Pippin, soils for, 20 

 plowing, 45 



advantages of, 84 

 setting of trees, 53 

 Fertility of soils, 81 

 Fertilizer, nitrogen as a, 102 

 phosphoric acid as a, 102 

 potash as a ; 102 

 Fertilizers, application of, 105 

 formulas for, 104 

 for old orchards, 223 

 need of, 101 

 used by apples. 100 

 Fillers, 61 

 Fire blight of pears, apples and 



quinces, 169 



Fly-speck disease of apples, 169 

 Frost-proof storage, 253 

 Fruit-bearing and growth, 126 

 method of, in apple, 120 

 in cherry, 124 

 in peach, 122 

 in pear, 120 

 in plum, 124 

 in quince, 124 

 Fruit, keeping quality of, 254 



protection by cover crop, 111 

 storage of, 245 

 storage types of, 250 

 trees, diseases of, 163 

 wraps for advertising, 289 

 Fungicides, action of, 165 



principal kinds, 191 

 Fungus, types of, 163 



Gang plow for orchards, 92 



Gas sprayer, 181 



General market, the, 281 



Gooseberries in orchards, 73 



Grades of apples, 258 



Grades of trees, 42 



Grading fruit, 258 



Grafting old orchards, 220 



Grains in orchards, 75 



Grape-hoe for orchards, 99 



Gravenstein, soils for, 21 



Greening, Rhode Island, soils for, 18 



Grimes Golden, soils for, 20 



Growth and fruit-bearing, 126 



and pruning, 125 



Growth checked by cover crops, 

 108 



