Index. 



219 



Propafration of almond, 120; apple, 43; 

 apricot, 98; blackberry, 151; cherry, 

 8'.t; chestnut, 115; currants, 100; dew- 

 berry, 151: gooseberry, 164; grape, 

 127; hazel, 122; orange, 103; peach, 

 91; pear, 68; pecan, 111; plum, 85; 

 quince, 74; raspberry, 151 ; walnut, 118. 



Prospects of nut culture, 109. 



Protecting orange trees from cold, 105. 



Protection of strawberries from frost, 

 169. 



Protectors for trees, 25. 



Pruning the almond, 120; apple, 40; 

 bramble fruits, 153; cherry, 89; cur- 

 rants, 160; gooseberries, 161; grape, 

 131; pear, 68; peach. 93; pecan, 113; 

 plum, 80; walnut, 118. 



Pruning orchard trees, principles of, 30. 



Pruning, summer, 31. 



Frunus Americana, 78, 79, 80; amyg- 

 dalis, 119; angustifolia, 79, 85; Ar- 

 meniaca, 97; avium, 87; Besseyii, 88, 

 180, 181; cerasm, 87, 89; Chicasa, 79; 

 domestica, 77; hortulana, 78; maha- 

 leb, 89; myrobolana, 85; persica, 90; 

 triflora, 77. 



Psylla pyri, 71. 



Pumps for spraying, 12. 



Purple-cane raspberry, 150. 



Pyrus, species of, 39. 



Qualifications of foreman, 208. 



Quince, the. 73, 39. 



Quince curculio, 75. 



Quince, French, as stock for the pear, 

 69. 



Quincunx method of laying out or- 

 chards, 22. 



Rapid generation of vinegar, 199. 



Raspberry, the, 1.57; American red, 150; 

 blackcap, 150, duration of planta- 

 tion, 15:J; European red, 150; fruiting 

 habit of, 152; insects and diseases of, 

 155; picking and packing, 154; plant- 

 ing, 151 ; propagation of, 151 ; pruning, 

 153; purple-cane, 150; soil and cul- 

 ture of, 152; trellising, 154 ; winter pro- 

 tection of, 154. 



Raspberry cane-borer, 153, 155. 



Raspberry slug or saw-fly, 155. 



Red cherry, 87. 



Red currant, 160. 



Red-humped apple-tree caterpillar, 51. 



Red rust of raspberry and blackberry, 

 156. 



Red spider on almond, 121. 



Ribes, species of, 160; aureum, 163; ni- 

 grum, 163. 



Rhopodota vacciniana, 179 



Ripe rot of apple, 59. 



Roberts, Prof., quoted. 32. 



Rocky Moimtain cherry, 181. 



Roestelia aurantica, 75. 



Root cuttings, propagation of the plum 

 from, 86. 



Root-grafting the apple, 44; the grajse, 

 129. 



Rose beetle, 140. 



Rosette of the peach, 96. 



Round-headed apple-tree borer, 51. 



Rubus, species of, 150; villosus, 157. 



Bust of strawberry, 171. 



Samia on apple trees, 50. 



Sand cherry, 88. 



San Jose Scale, 54. 



Saperda Candida, 51. 



Scab fungus of apple and pear, 58. 



Schizoneura lanigera, 56. 



Season, length of, as related to fruit 



growing, 4. 

 Scale insect injuring cranberries, 180. 

 Seeding ground to grass may make 



trees bear, 28. 

 Seedlings of apple, 43; of peach, 92; of 



pear, 69; of pecan, 112; of plum, 86. 

 Selandria cerasi, 72; rubi, 155. 

 Selecting ground for cranberry, 176. 

 Selection of varieties important, 7. 

 Self-sterility of varieties, 13. 

 Selling fruit to commission merchants, 



206; to consumers, 205; to dealers, 205. 

 Septoria Ribis, 163. 

 Sesia tipuliformis, 162. 

 Shagbark hickory, 113. 

 Shellbark hickory, 113. 



