INDEX 



327 



Plum — Cont'd. 

 201; picking, 203; pocket, 111; 

 propagation, 200; pruning, ,20:>: 

 soil. 201; species, 198: spray 

 calendar, 304; stocks, 201; 

 thinning. 203; varieties, 204 



Pollen, 24 



Pollination. 24, 32 



Pome fruits, 178 



Potassium sulHde, 308 



Powdery mildew, 109, 117 



Preparing the land, 33 



Pressure in spra.\ing, 124 



Press, Barrel, 145 



Principles of plant growth, lit 



Propagation, l.'il 



Protection, Orchard, 61, 68 



Pruning. 39, 53; effect of, 53; how 

 to make cuts in, 55, 58; metliod 

 of, 55; reasons for, 53; the 

 young tree, 54; tools, 56 



Publications. 322 



Psychrometer, 70 



Psylla, Pear, 89 



Pumps, Spray, 126 



Pyrethruin, 310 



Quince. 105; as stock, 102; dis- 

 eases, 110; insects, 196; i)rop- 

 agation, 195 



Quincunx syptem, 3S 



Rabbits. 65 



Raffia. 160 



Raspberry. 265; classification. 

 265; diseases, 119; flat-headed 

 borer, 100; insects. 100; market- 

 ing. 273; mulching, 271; pick- 

 ing. 273; propagation, 266; pro- 

 tection, 271; pruning, 270; rust. 

 120; soil, 268; spray calendar, 

 306; support, 271; thinning, 270 



Rate of seeding cover crops, 44 



Reasons for cultivation, 40 



Reasons for pruning, 53 



Red orange rust, 120 



Renewing old trees, 50 



Resin lime mixture, 310 



Rest period of plants, 28 



Return package, 142 



Root cuttings, 153 



Root galls, 65, 107 



Root gra'fting, 168 



Root killing, 67 



Rose chafer, 97 



Rot, Bitter, 106 



Rot, Black, 107, 111, 116 



Rot. Brown, 113 



Rules for naming fruits, 320 



Runners, 19, 152 



Rust, 107. 118, 120 



Sand cherry, 277; distribution, 

 277; propagation, 279 



Sandy soils, 15 



San Jose scale, 86 



Saskatchewan, Varieties for, 319 



Scab, 108, 113, 115 



Scald, Fruit, 109 



Scale insects, 86 



Scurfy bark louse, 86 



Seed," 25, 151 



Seedlings, 25, 1S4 



Selection of trees, 35 



Selection of varieties, 31 



Shape of trees, 35 



Shot hole fungus, 113 



Side grafting, 171 



Slope, Direction of the, 16 



Small fruits, 247 



Smudger, 73 



Snowy tree cricket, 101 



Soap, Whale oil, 310 



Sod culture, 41 



Soils, 14 



Solar pit, 155 



Sorting table, 143 



Sprayers, 124, 129 



Spraying, 123; calendar, 303; 

 injuries, 110; outfits, 129 



Square system, 37 



Stems, 19, 139 



Stock, 156, 181, 201 



Storage buildings, 146 



Storing, 132, 146 



Stratification, 151 



Strawberry, 247; diseases, 118 

 hill system, 251; insects, 101 

 marketing, 257; origin of, 247 

 picking, 257; propagation, 248 

 renewing beds, 254; row sys- 

 tem, 251; rust, 118; setting 

 plants, 252; sexuality of plants, 

 255; soil, 24S; spraying cal- 

 endar, 305; time of planting, 

 249; varieties, 258; weevil, 102; 

 winter protection, 253 



Stone fruits. 108 



Success in fruit growing, 17 



Suckers, 19, 189 



Sunburn, 118 



Sunscald, 61 



Systems of planting, 37 



