INDEX 



681 



Disease, see Parasites, Physiological Disturbances. 



Displacement, 106 



Distance of planting, see Planting. 



Double fertilization, 477, 482 



Double working, 601-603 



Drought injury, 2, 14-16, 41, 86-96, 257. 274 



Dwarfing, 432-434, 557-560, 575, 579-580, 597 



Egg apparatus, 477 



Elder, 400 



Elevation, 339, 346-351, 643-648 



Embryo, abortion, 525-526 



formation, 482 

 Embryo sac, 477 

 Endosperm, 482 

 Enzymes, 166 



Evaporation, 45, 281-282, 654 

 Exanthema, see Dieback 

 Exposure, see Slope. 



False-blossom, 85 

 Fasciation, 84, 416 

 FertiUty, 487, 606, 510 



see Fruitfulness, Fruit Setting. 

 Fertilization, 481 

 Fertilizers, 151, 222-226 



excessive applications, 119 



fruit setting, 510 



indirect effects, 218-221 



lime, 221 



methods of action, 200 



nitrification, 110 



nitrogenous, 204-217, 510 



orchard requirements, 200-203, 667 



phosphorus, 218-219 



protective action, 123 



soil temperature, 307 



sulfur, 219, 226 



time of application, 227-228 



water requirement, 10, 12 



winter injury, 289 

 Fig, composition, 138, 144, 149, 156, 158 



fruit development, 533-534 



fruiting habits, 404 



fruit setting, 491, 493, 513, 623-624 



geography, 621 



physiological disturbances, 83 



water requirements, 3, 16 

 Filbert, 188, 403, 493 

 Frenching, 106 



Freeze and frost distinguished, 338 

 Frost, crack, 298-300 



danger, 342-356, 366 



formation, 337-341, 351, 370 



injury, 2, 358-365, 380-381 



penetration, see Soil Temperature. 



prediction, 369-373 



protection, 373-380 

 Fruit-bud formation, 181-193, 413-414, 419-426, 



451-452, 570-572 

 Fruit development, 525, 629-636 



Fruitfulness, 487 



age and vigor, 614 

 • compatibility, 600-602, 507 



dichogamy, 492-494, 512 



evolutionary tendencies, 489-498 



external factors, 509-520 



genetic factors, 489, 498-502 



grafting, 510 



heterostyly, 492 



hybridity, 499 



intersexualism, 490-492 



locality, 510-512 



moisture supply, 516 



nutrient supply, 609 



nutritive conditions, 604-607 



physiological factors, 489, 502-507 



pistil abortion, 494-495, 507 



pollen abortion, 496-498, 507, 512 



pollen tube growth, 481, 502 



season, 612-614 



temperature, 514-616 



time of pollination, 503 

 Fruiting habits, 397-406 

 Fruit-pit, 89, 93 

 Fruits classified, 475 

 Fruit setting, 483, 487 



disease, 518 



humidity, 80-82, 516-.517 



individual fruits, 640-646 



June drop, 484-487 



nitrogenous fertilizers, 209-211 



pinching, 454 



ringing, 436 



spraying, 519 



stimulating agents, 521-526 



wind, 618 

 Fruit splitting, 81 

 Fruit zones, 612-621 

 Funicle, 477 



Girdling, see Ringing. 

 Gooseberry, composition, 4, 150 



fruit-bud formation, 188 



fruit development, 529-530 



fruiting habits, 402 



fruit setting, 544 



geography, 618 



pruning, 466 



stocks, 553, 568 



temperature requirements, 243, 248, 628 



winter injury, 315, 335 

 Grafting, 552-557, 600 

 Grape, composition, 4, 138-139, 143-144, 152-159 



coulure, 454, 457, 5l9, 572 



fertilizers, 226 



frost injury, 350 



fruit-bud formation, 188 



fruit development, 532 



fruiting habits, 402, 468 



fruit setting, 436, 484, 49f}-499, 502, 509- 

 514, 518, 521, 643, 572 



geography, 612, 615-616, 620-624, 633 



irrigation, 330 



millerandage, 572 



