INDEX 



Part i. General Principles and Practices. 



CHAPTER I. 

 Introductor>' remarks, 15— Profits and advaiuages of Fruit Culture, 16— Markets. 17— 

 Beneficial effects, 19. 



CHAPTER II. 

 Leading principles m growth, 20. 



CHAPTER III. 



Production of new varieties, 24— Van Mons' experiments, 26— Knigh: s, 27— Mode 

 of crossing, 26. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Propagation of sorts, 30— Cuttings, 32— Eyes, .34— Layers, 34— Grafting, 36 — Budding, 

 42— Limits of Budding and Grafting, 46— Best stocks, 47. 



CHAPTER V. 



Changes wTOUght in fruits by external causes, 50— Climate, 51— Sorts declining Dy 

 old age, 51— Influence of culture, 52— Soil and Stock, 53— Productiveaess, 56. 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Soils, 57 — Manures, 57 — Special manures, 53 — Situation, 62 — Enclosures, 66 — Fruit 

 stealing, 67. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Transplanting, 68— Shortening-in, 69— Preparing the ground, 72— Preparing the roots, 



73 — Setting, 74 — Watering, 75 — Muicinng, 76 — Season for transplanting, 77. 



CHA^'TER VIH. 

 Cultivation of the soil. 30— Experimeui-s, 81— How performed; 82. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Distances for planting trees, 86. 



CHAPTER X. 

 Prunmg, 83— Pyramids, 90— To promote fruitfulness, 92. 



CHAPTER XI. 

 Implements — pruning-knife, saws, chisels, 95— Budding knife, grafting tools, 9&- 

 Shears, ludders,"97— Trellis, 98— Labels, 99. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Terms used in describing fruits, 101 — 112. 



