CONTENTS 



FRUITS UNDER GLASS 



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History of the Grape Vine 17 



Houses Best Adapted for Growing Grapes 20 



The Various Systems of Propagation 22 



Vine Borders 29 



Cultural Directions 37 



Planting Young Vines 43 



Methods of Pruning the Vine 4^ 



Disbudding, Pinching or Stopping the Shoots, Setting the Fruit 53 



Grape Thinning 59 



Commercial Grape Culture 65 



Varieties of Grapes Best Adapted for Early and Late Use 67 



Insects and Diseases 74 



Keeping Qualities of Grapes — Storing, Packing, Exhibition So 



Grape Vines Cultivated in Pots 85 



Peaches and Nectarines 91 



Thinning the Fruit, Gathering the Peaches and Nectarines When Ripe 107 



Diseases and Insect Pests That Affect Peaches and Nectarines 



Selection of Varieties for Forcing Purposes 



Pot Fruit Culture and Its Advantages 



Pot Fruit — Cultural Directions and Feeding 



Pot Fruit — Pinching the Shoot, Thinning the Fruit 



Pot Fruit — Troublesome Diseases and Insect Pests 



Pot Fruit— Treatment of Trees After the Fruit is Gathered 



Varieties of Fruit Adapted for Orchardhouse Work 



Fig Culture in a Separate House 



Melon-Growing in the House 



Melons — General Culture 172 



Strawberries as Pot Fruit 179 



Secrets of Success in Strawberry Culture 185 



The Hothouse Pineapple 191 



VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS 



