252 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS 



GRAPES— Continued. 



Propagation, Various Systems of: Page 



When to Propagate — Propagation from Eyes 22 



Layering — By Inarching 

 Grafting — Bv Seed Cross Fertili: 



Pruning the Vine, Methods of: 



^'oung Canes — The Short Spur System 



Long Rod System 



Tying the Vines — Adventitious or Aerial Roots. 



Keeping Fruit Healthy 



Setting the Fruit 



Thinning Grapes 



Varieties Best Adapted for Early and Late Use: 



Best Varieties for Pot Vines 



.Muscat Grapes 



Sweetwater Grapes 



Vinous Grapes 



Vine Borders: 



Inside and Outside Borders, Locatio 



Draining a Border 



Fertilizer 



Watering — Root Action 



MELONS: 



Feeding 1-4, 175 



Fertilizer 1 6g 



Gathering the Fruit 177 



House, Style of 167, 169^ 



Insects 177 



•Mildew 178 



Planting 172, 173 



Seedlings : 1 6-, 1 70 



Setting the Fruit 1-3, 1-4. 



Soil 1 69 



Temperature 169 



Varieties 1-8 



Watering 1-4 



■^'oung Plants, Raising. . 170 



PEACHES and NECTARINES: 

 Borders and Their Construction: 

 Drainage. 



Soil — Fertilizer 



Budding 



Cultural Directions: 



Cleanliness in the House — Soil — Fertilizer 



Feeding 



Temperature— Spraying — Ventilation — Watering 



Disbudding and Tying the Young Growths 



Diseases and Insect Pests: 



San Jose Scale 



Peach Borer 



Green Fly— Mildew — Fruit Rot or Blight 



Gathering the Fruit 



Treatment of Trees after Fruit is Gathered 



I louse or I louses Best Adapted for Growing 



Span Roof — Location — Ventilation 



Crosswise System — Size of House — Leanto or Three-Quarter Spa 

 Planting: 



When to Plant— Selection of Stock 



Soil-Fertilizer-How to Plant 



Pruning and Training 



Thinning the Fruit 



Varieties for Forcing Purposes, Selection of 



PEARS. Se-' Pot Fruit. 



