204 



AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Fruit, marketing of, 1870 (Part 1), 152; 

 18S7, 47; 1889, 18; 1892, 62, 76, 88. 



— preservation of, and the construction 

 of fruit houses (Robert Manning), 1866 

 (Part 2), 124. 



culture, and (Marshall P. Wilder), 



1870 (Part 1), 348. 

 and ripening of, 1859 (Part 1), 82; 



1869 (Part 1), 100; 1877 (Part 1), 310. 



— thinning of, 1862 (Part 1), 82; 1869 

 (Parti), 99; 1871 (Part 1), 277 ; 1889,16. 



— trees, budding of, 1879 (Part 2), 9. 

 diseases of, 1859 (Part 1), 84; 1871 



(Part 1), 278; 1877 (Parti), 218. 

 (Prof. W. G. Farlow), 1877 (Part 



1), 218. 



grafting of, 1879 (Part 1), 12. 



insects injuring. {See Insects.) 



manures for, and their application, 



1854 (Part 2), 100; 1859 (Part 1), 75 



(Part 2), 131 ; 1871 (Part 1), 276; 1887, 



17; 1889, 12. 

 mulching of, 1854 (Part 2), 87, 420; 



1856 (Part 2), 196; 1871 (Part 1), 203, 

 276. 



planting, location for, 1857 (Part 2), 



315; 1859 (Part 1), 73; 1S62 (Part 1), 

 79; 1871 (Part 1), 277; 1874 (Part 1), 

 345. 



pruning of, 1853 (Part 2), 112; 1854 



(Part 2), 24, 87, 101 ; 1856 (Part 2), 192; 



1857 (Part 2), 316; 1859 (Part 1), 86 

 (Part 2), 129; 1862 (Part 1), 81; 1868 

 (Part 2), 129; 1874 (Part 1), 347; 1875 

 (Part 2), 101. 



renovation of, methods of, 1875 (Part 



2), 137. 

 scraping of, 1859 (Part 2), 130; 1869 



(Part 2), 129. 

 washes for, 1854 (Part 2), 85; 1857 



(Part 2), 323; lb59 (Part 2), 130; 1869 



(Part 2), 129; 1875 (Part 1), 179, 189. 

 western not desirable for eastern 



orchards, 1876 (Part 1), 34, 51. 

 Fkuits, analyses of, tables of, 1888, 635 ; 



1889 (Exp. Sta.), 302; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 



301; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 327; 1892 (Exp. 



Sta.), 324. 



— and berries, moisture in, 1888, 174. 



their cultivation (Marshall P. 



Wilder), 1869 (Part 1), 95. 

 vegetables, reports on, 1853 (Part 2), 



407. 



— California, concerning, 1870 (Part 1), 

 260, 265, 2b9, 272. 



— catalogue of, 1859 (Part 1), 100. 



— exportation of, extent of, 1877 (Part 1), 

 303. 



Fruits for Massachusetts, 1877 (Part 1), 

 307. 



— gathering and preserving of, methods 

 of, 1853 (Part 2), 432; 1854 (Part 2), 

 422; 1856 (Part 2), 91; 1859 (Part 1), 

 68,82; 1861 (Part 2), 88; 1865 (Part 2), 

 42; 1866 (Part 2), 124; 1869 (Part 1), 

 100; 1870 (Part 1),348; 1876 (Part 1), 

 26; 1877 (Part 1), 310. 



— improvement of, methods for the (Mar- 

 shall P. Wilder), 1875 (Part 1), 234. 



— nomenclature of, 1883, 191. 



— report on (Marshall P. Wilder), 1877 

 (Part 1), 301. 



— small, cultivation of, 18*)5 (Part 2), 

 373; 1867 (Part 2), 3; 1868 (Part 1), 

 276. 



— value of, as food, 1854 (Part 2), 419; 



1855 (Part 2), 267; 1868 (Part 1), 53; 

 1875 (Part 2), 17; 1876 (Part 1), 14. 



— varieties of, adaptation of, 1859 (Part 

 1), 78; 1862 (Part 1), 79. 



methods for producing new, native, 



1869 (Parti), 104. 

 recommended for culture, 1859 (Part 



1), 67, 100; 1862 (Part 1), 72; 1869 



(Part 1), 104; 1877 (Part 1), 307, 309; 



1892, 68. 



— winter, preservation of apples and 

 other (A. J. Roberts), 1861 (Part 2), 88. 



Fuel consumed by railroad locomotives, 



1856 (Part 2), 205. 



Fungi, general account of, 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 195. 



— growth of, characteristics of, 1872 (Part 

 1), 60; 1877 (Part 1), 37, 40, 220, 233; 

 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 202. 



— species of, characteristics of, 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 202, 206; 1890 (Exp. Sta ), 220; 

 1891 (Exp. Sta ), 219. 



Fungicides, composition and application 



of, 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 212; 1890 (Exp. 



Sta.), 226; 1891, 160 (Exp. Sta ), 237. 

 Fungous diseases, how combated, 1877 



(Part 1), 37; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 211; 



1891 (Exp. Sta ), 235. 

 Fungus in cellar, notes on, 1889 (Exp. 



Sta), 227. 



Galloway cattle, characteristics and value 

 of the, 1855 (Part 2), 178; 1871 (Part 

 2), 260. 



Gam a or Sesame grass, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Part 1), 88. 



Game fowls, characteristics of, 1S57 (Part 

 1), 135; 1864 (Part 2), 133; 1807 (Part 

 2), 186; 1868 (Part 2), 222; 1876 (Part 

 1), 81; 1884,237. 



