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INDEX 



Prune, II, 58, 133-158; IV, 25- 



179 

 Prunes, the order for 20,000 



trees, VIII, 256; grafted on 



almonds, VIII, 260-261 

 Pruning, II, 330; III, 104-105 

 Pumpkin, V, 99, 109 

 Punnett hybridized peas, II, 



32-33 

 Purest White in Natube, VII, 



63-93 

 Purple-leaved cabbage, V, 120 



Qualities for fruit, II, 120- 

 123 



Quality asparagus, V, 248 



Quality, breeding for. III, 89 



Quality peach. III, 192 



Quality wheat, VI, 21 



Quantity Production, II, 267- 

 296 



Quince, Beecher's formula for 

 cooking. III, 235; orange and 

 Portugal crossed. III, 237; 

 VanDeman, III, 240; pine- 

 apple, III, 243-246; Bur- 

 bank, III, 247; Chinese, III, 

 248-256; crosses with oriental 

 stock. III, 249-253 ; Japanese, 

 III, 256; possibilities of. III, 

 258 ; Van Deman, Santa Rosa, 

 Alpha, and Dazzle, VIII, 297 



Race, American, VIII, 359- 

 361, 374 



Races, dominant characteris- 

 tics, III, 30; selecting and 

 fixing new traits. III, 68; 

 combination of, VIII, 367-369 



Racial strains, result of, VIII, 

 368 



Racial traits, revealed by hy- 

 brids, VIII, 293 



Radioactivity, V, 159 



Radish, V, 99, 116, 121, 123 



Rae's Mammoth quince, III, 

 236, 242 



Railroad, importance of near- 

 ness, III, 115 



Rainbow corn, V, 320-326 ; VIII, 



307 

 Rainbow rose, VI, 238 

 Raisin, IV, 350 



Ram, Ancon, Darwin on, II, 22 

 Rambo apple, III, 221 

 Ranunculus, V, 281 

 Raspberry, II, 172-173; IV, 



233-260; V, 29, 153 

 Raspberry and Some Odd 



Crosses, IV, 233-260 

 Reana luxunans (Teosinte), 



Indian corn developed from, 



V, 313 

 Recessiveness, VII, 370-376 

 Reclaiming the Deserts with 



Cactus, VI, 95-170 

 Recording Experiments, III, 



33-52 

 Red cranberry bean, V, 147 

 Red-fleshed plums, III, 338 

 Redistribution of characters, 



VII, 350 

 Red potato, IV, 92 

 Redwoods, VIII, 151-154 

 Reine rose, VI, 238 

 Relationship between plants, 



II, 220-222 

 Resins, VIII, 137-140 

 Responsiveness of the Pear, 



III, 153-180 



Rest stimulates growth. III, 

 322-325 



Results, how obtained, VI, 266 



Rhodanthe, everlasting flower, 

 VII, 186-187 



Rhode Island greening, seed- 

 lings from. III, 221 



Rhubarb, winter, II, 87-110; 

 edible portion, V, 247 



Rice, important vegetable food, 

 V, 342; varieties of, VI, 172- 

 173; characteristics of, VI, 

 175-176 



Rich Field for Work in the 

 Textile Plants, VI, 47-66 



Richmond cherry. III, 149 



Rivalry of Plants to Please 

 Us, I, 147-173 



