420 



INDEX 



Blackberries -Continued 



pruning, 334 



soil, 333 



varieties, 335 

 Black knot, 278 

 Blight, leaf, 278 



Blue grass (see Kentucky blue grass) 

 Bordeaux mixture, 283 

 Borers, 273 

 Brambles, 333 

 Breeding, 39, 112 



centgener method, 1 1 2 



corn, 39, 50 



grain, 112 



Bridal wreath spirea, 403 

 Bridge grafting, 235 

 Brome grass, 169, 170 



contamination of seed, lOy 



harvesting, 170 



history, 169 



rotation, 170 

 Brown rot, 276 

 Buckwheat, 107 



adaptation, 108 



enemies, no 



exercises, no 



growth, habits of, 107 



harvesting, 109 



history, 107 



home projects, 1 1 1 



rate of seeding, 109 



rotation, no 



seed bed, 108 



sowing seed, 109 



threshing, 109 



uses, no 



varieties, 107 

 Budding, 230 



cutting buds, 231 



inserting buds, 231 



selecting buds, 231 

 Bulb, 210 

 Bulbels, 211 

 Bulblet, 2ii 

 Bush fruits, 329 

 Bush honeysuckle, 404 



Cankerworm, 269 

 Capillary water, 13 

 Centgener method of breeding, 1 1 2 

 Cherries, 315 

 culture, 315 



Cherries Continued 



harvesting, ,-5 1(> 



soil, 315 



Chewing insects, 268 

 Cleft grafting, 235 

 Clematis, 407 

 Clover, 1 20 



alsike, 125 



mammoth, 125 



red, 1 20 



redtop, 171 

 Codling moth, 268 

 Cold frames, 361 

 Colorado beetle, 180 



Commercial fertilizers for vegetables, 

 350 



lime, 351 



nitrogen, 350 



phosphorus, 351 



potassium, 351 



Cooperation in marketing, 378 

 Copper sulphate solution, 283 

 Cormels, 211 

 Corms, 2ii 

 Corn, 17 



acclimatization, 50 



breeding, 39, 50 



butts, 50 



checking, 27, 32 



circumference of ear, 54 



classification, 17 



cob, 47 



color of grain and cob, 47 



"corn tree," 36 



cultivation, 27 



culture, 24 



curing seed, 32 



dent corn, 20 



devices for curing, 35 



drilling, 27 



ear-to-row method of breeding, 39 



exercises, 37 



flint corn, 19 



fodder, 28 



germination, 31 



growth, habits of, 2 1 



harvesting, 28 



harvesting for silage, 29 



height of ear, 33 



history, 17 



home projects, .^S 



improvement, 41 



