394 INDEX. 



Peninsula pear growing, 214 



Standard Pear tree, 213 



varieties of the pear grown on the Peninsula, 227 



washes, pear tree, 266 



when to plant the pear, 253 



Questions and answers to and from peach-growers, 153-201 



" " " " " " pear-growers, 317-367 



Quince, the, 369 



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Rabbits as enemies of the peach, 105 



" " '• " " pear, remedy for, 244 



Relative value of varieties of peach, table of, 125 



" " " " " for evaporating, 145 



Remedies for pear blight, 280 



Rostiezer Pear, The, 233 



Remedies for yellows, 81 

 Rules for fertilizing peach trees, 58-59i 149 



Riitter Pear, The, 239 



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Saddle grafting, 220 



Salt as a fertilizer for the pear tree, 266 



Salt as a remedy for cracking pears, 267 



Scale insects, 291 



