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INDEX 



Macoun, W. T. mentioned 238, 

 255, 263, 269, 322 



quoted 327 

 Magness, J. R., 16, 60 



quoted 17, 18 

 Malus communis, 341 



mains, 288 

 Manures for the orchard, 192, 194, 



202 

 Marine climates, 225 

 Mass-selection, 316 

 Maturity of fruit, 358 



of tissues, 263 

 Mazzard cherry, 345 

 Mechanical analysis of fruit sods, 



129 

 Merchandizing apples removed 



by thinning, 177 

 Michigan fruit-belt, 241 

 Minnesota crab stock, 342 

 Modified leader tree, 77 

 Moisture, 54 

 Molisch, H., 265 

 Mound-layerage, 350 

 Mountain climates, 226 

 Miiller-Thurgau, H., 265 

 Myer, F. N., 356 



Necessity of fertilizing orchards, 



184 

 Nectarines as bud-sports, 321 

 Nitrate of soda, 188 

 Nitrates in orchard soils, 161, 162, 



164 

 retarded under sod, 164 

 Nitrification, 150 

 Nitrogen-complexes, 54 

 Norton, J. B. S., mentioned, 251 

 Nut, 49 



Objects of thinning, 105 

 OecaiUhus, sp., 225 

 Open-headed tree, 77 

 Optima temperatures for plants, 

 219 



Orchard site, 124 



soils, 132 

 Organic matter in apple leaves, 3 



of orchard soils, 139 

 Organic versus inorganic fertili- 

 zers, 187 

 Origm of apple varieties, 324 



of cherry varieties, 324 



of peach varieties, 325 

 Over-maturity, effect of, 360 

 Own-rooted trees, 347 



Pacific climatic province, 233 

 Paddock, W., quoted, 228 

 Paradise stock, 342 

 Parthenocarpy defined, 298 

 Patten, C. G., 329 

 Peach, changes in composition, 14 



stocks, 340, 344 

 Pears, ripening process in, 16 



stocks, 337, 340, 343 



varieties inter-fertile, 308 

 Pedicel, 44 



Pedigreed nursery stock, 332 

 Peduncle, 44 

 Periodic idea, 52 

 Pfundt, M., 288 

 Phenology defined, 218 

 Phosphorous, 190, 198, 208 

 Ph3'lloxera-free grapes, 338 

 Physiological constant, 246 

 Pickering, Spencer, U. 99 



mentioned, 166 



quoted, 74, 202 

 Piece-root trees, 351 

 Pistils injured by cold, 289 

 Plains climatic province, 232 

 Plant introduction, 323 



Quarantine Act, 346 

 Plants threatened by death, 69 

 Plateau climatic province, 232 

 Plum stocks, 340, 345 

 Pollen development, 284 



germination, 285 



longevity, 287 



