392 INDEX. 



Orchards, peach, care of young, 47 



** " cultivation of, 52 



" " location of, 43 



" " plans of, 150 



Ott Pear, The, 205 



Over feeding, 295 



Oyster scales, the pear tree, 292 



P. 



Peach — 



early Peninsula peach culture, 29 



evaporating the peach, 142 



gathering the peach crop, 127 



location of the peach orchard, 43 



marketing the crop, 129 



natural history of the peach, 27 



peach brandy, how to make, 142 



peach growing as a business, 34 



peach leather, how to make, 140 



peach preserves, pickles and marmalades, 141 



Peninsula fruit growers, their duty to one another, ;^jy 



phosphoric acid as a fertilizer, 65-67 



plans for the peach orchard, 150 



planting the trees, time and manner of, 44- 

 planting the peach, when and where, 38-39, 43 



potash, importance of, as a fertilizer, 62-67 



pruning, 41, 47 



pruning as a fertilizer, 66 

 psylla, the, its nature and treatment, 297, 298 



potash as a remedy for yellows, 77 



