592 



General Index. 



Packing apples, 114. 



grapes, 114. 



pears, 114. 



strawberries and small fruits, 

 117. 



trees, 146. 



Peach-mildew, remedy for, 168. 

 Peach trees, winter protection for, 



3 2 9- 



worm, how to destroy, 156. 

 Peaches, remarks on, 320. 



budding, 322. 



description of varieties, 330. 



plum stocks for, 323. 



propagation of, 321. 



pruning, 325. 



training, 325. 



transplanting, 324. 



raised in pots, 326. 



ripened by fire-heat, 328. 

 Pear, dwarf, 254. 



pruning, 256. 



training, 257. 



varieties of, 255* 

 Pears, budding, 254. 



description of varieties, 268. 



different forms of, 259. 



grafting, 314. 



leaf-blight of, 252. 



propagation of, 252. 



raising seedlings, 253. 



select lists of, 487. 



wintering seedlings, 253. 

 Perennial roots, 13. 

 Pistils of flowers, 20. 

 Pith, 13. 

 Plants, production of varieties, 22. 



structure of, II. 

 Plums, budding, 354. 



description of varieties, 355. 



grafting, 354. 



soil for, 355. 

 Pores, 15. 



Preserving fruit by artificial means, 

 123. 



by canning, 123. 



by drying, 127. 

 Prickles, 13. 

 Pruning, directions for, 86. 



fruitfulness affected by, 83. 



form of trees given by, 84. 



principles and practice of, 80, 



202. 



summer, 84. 

 time for, 82. 

 apple orchards in bearing, 



93- 



the cherry, 96. 

 dwarf-apples, 93. 

 nursery trees, 85. 

 old trees, 83. 

 the plum, 93. 

 the peach, 94. 

 the quince, 97. 

 roots, 97. 

 single shoots, 85. 

 tops of trees, So. 

 young trees, 80, 87. 

 Pyramids, 89. 



Quince, pruning, 318. 

 varieties, 319. 



Rabbits, how to repel, 204. 

 Raspberries, propagation of, 460. 



pruning, 461. 

 Renovating ol< trees, 77. 

 Root-grafting, 12, 36, 144, 196. 

 Root-grafts, how prepared, 196. 



mode of setting out, 196. 

 Root, parts of, 12. 

 Rootlets, 12. 

 Roots, preparing for transplanting, 



62. 



Rose-bug, remedy for, 162. 

 Runners, 13. 



