386 INDEX. 



Bell Pear, 232 



Bergamot Pear, 235 

 Blight— 



its nature, cause and treatment, 277-286 



fire, 272 



twig, 272 



frost, 275 



insect, 275 



of the quince, 372 



Blossom of the pear, 212 



Borer, the, its nature and how to destroy it, 98, loi 



" ** pear tree, 295 



" " quince tree, 296 



Bosc Pear, 237 



Boussock Pear, 237 



Brandy, peach, 141 



Brandywine Pear, 232 



Buds, peach, how obtained, kind of, 40 



Buds, pear, 212 



Budding and grafting the pear, 218 



Budding peach trees, 39 



Buffum Pear, 237 



Business of peach growing, 34 



Butter Pear, 239 



c. 



Canning the peach, 137 



" " pear, 310 



Carbolic acid, fruit tree wash, 283 



Care of the young peach orchard, 47 



