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INDEX 



Dewberries Continued 



pruning, 334 



soil 333 

 Diervilla, 404 

 Diseases, alfalfa, 159 



barley, 85 



cotton, 198 



fruit, 274 



fungous, 274 



potatoes, 1 80 



wheat, 76 



Dissemination of seeds, 119 

 Distances of planting fruits, 244 

 Distribution of produce, 379 

 Division as means of propagation, 212 



Elm, 399 



Enemies of the pomes, 306 

 Ergot, 105 



Evergreens for home planting, 400 

 Exercises, 16, 37, 65, 99, 106, no, 119, 

 139, 159, 187, 200, 208, 215, 226, 238, 

 250, 265, 281, 289, 299, 308, 317, 336, 

 346, 353> 358, 367, 374, 38i, 396, 410 

 Fertility, maintaining orchard, 255 

 Fertilizers, 15 



barnyard manure, 259 



commercial, 259, 350 



cover crops, 256 



essential, 15 



for alfalfa, 147 



for lawns, 387 



for vegetables, 348 

 Fire blight, 278 

 Flats for starting plants, 372 

 Flower garden making contest, 411 

 Flowering currant, 404 

 Forsythia, 404 

 Fruit, diseases, 274 



grading, 296 



growing, 240 



insects, 267 



packages, 297 



packing, 297 



pests, 267 



storage, 298 



thinning, 291 

 Fruits, bush, 329 

 Fungus, shot-hole, 277 



Germination, requirements, 203 

 tests, 202 

 time required, 205 



Glass structures, 360 

 Golden bell, 404 

 Gooseberries, 329 



diseases, 332 



fertilizers, 331 



harvesting, 331 



insects, 332 



pruning, 330 



spraying, 332 

 Grading fruits, 296 

 Grafting, 228 



bridge, 235 



cleft, 235 



functions, 228 



inserting buds, 232 



limitations, 223 



tongue, 234 

 Grain breeding, 1 1 2 



centgener method, 112 



crossing method, 117 



dissemination, 119 



exercises, 119 



head-to-row method, 114 



home project, 119 



selection method, 112 

 Grapes, 319 



culture, 319 



diseases, 322 



insects, 322 



propagation, 319 



pruning, 320 



score card, 336 



spraying, 323 

 Greenhouse, construction, 363 



soils, 364 



temperature, 365 



watering, 366 



Hardy hydrangea, 405 

 Hardy perennials, 408 

 Harvesting, alfalfa, 149 



barley, 82 



brome grass, 170 



buckwheat, 109 



corn, 28 



fruits, 293 



oats, 94 



peas, 131 



potatoes, 181, 182 



red clover, 122 



redtop, 172 



rye, 103 



