Index. 



217 



Kid-glove oranges, 101, 102. 

 Kinds of fruit to grow, 3. 

 Kind of tillage for orchards, 28. 

 Kniffen system of grape training, 136. 



Labor, available supply of necessary, 6. 

 Labor, object attained by, 208. 

 Laboi-, organization of, 209. 

 Laboratory work, suggestions for, 19, 



38, Ce, UX), 109, 125, 146, 159, 17J, 184, 



203, 211. 

 Lachnostenin fuxca. 171. 

 Ladders for picking fruit, 33. 

 Layering the grape, 127. 

 Laying out orchards, 22. 

 Leaf blight of pear, 73; of strawberry, 



171. 

 Leaf curl of peach, 96. 

 Leaf rollers, 5(). 



Leaf spot or rust of currant, 163. 

 Lemon, the, 106,101. 

 Length of season, as related to fruit 



growing, 4. 

 Lime, the, 107, 101. 

 "Little peach," 96. 

 Locality where planting stock should 



be purchased, 8. 

 Location for fruit growing, choice of, 3; 



outside of normal belt, 5. 

 Locusts injuring cranberries, 180. 

 Loestadia Bidicellii, 141. 

 Loyal spirit among workmen, 209. 



Macrodactylus subspinosus, 140. 



Mahaleb cherry, 89. 



Mariauna plum, 85. 



Market conditions, 4. 



Market, defined, 4; may be developed, 5. 



Markets, most profitable not always 

 largest places, 6. 



Marketing the cherry, 89; hazel, 123; 

 pecan, 113; walnut, 118. 



Marmalades, fruit, 195. 



Mandarin, the, 101. 102- 



Manufacture of cider, 197; wine, 200. 



Manure, available supply of neces- 

 sary, 6. 



Maturity of fruits, 185. 



Maturity of grapes for wine. 200. 



Matted-row system of strawberry cul- 

 ture, 103. 



May beetle, 171. 

 Mazzard cherry. 87 

 Methods of preserving fruit, 189. 

 Methods of training the grape, 13.3. 

 Micrococcus nmylovoi-us, 58. 

 Mildew of gooseberry, 165; of straw- 

 berry, 172. 

 Miner group of plums, 79. 

 Mirabelle plum, 93. 

 Misi'ellaneous bush fruits, 180. 

 Missouri currant, 160. 

 Monilia fructigena, 83. 

 Morello cherry, 87. 

 Mycoderma aceti, 198. 

 Myrobolan plum. 85. 

 Mytilasjjts pomoruin, 53. 



Nectarine, the, 90. 



Nematxis veiitricosus, 101. 



Nigra group of plums, 78. 



Northern dewberry, 1.50. 



Northern fox grape, 126. 



Nursery trees, health and cleanness 



of, 21. 

 Nuts, the, 109. 

 Nut trees allied to pecan, 113, 



Oberia bimaculata, 1.55. 



Object attained by labor, 208. 



(Ecanthus nii^eus, 155. 



Oedemasia concinna, 51. 



Oncideres cingulatus, 113. 



Orange, the, 102. 



Orange, sweet, 101. 



Orange rust of raspberry and black- 

 berry, 156. 



Orchards, cropping, 28. 



Orchard culture, general statements, 

 20. 



Orchard culture of hazel, 122; of or- 

 ange, 104; of wahiut, 118. 



Orchard, defined, 20. 



Orchard fruits, grading and pack- 

 ing, .36. 



Orchard planting of the peach, 93. 



Orchard sites, 20. 



Orchards, fertilizing of, 32; laying out, 

 22; sod in, 28; soil preparation of, 

 21; soil treatment for, 26. 



Orchard treatment of chestnut, 116. 



