INDEX 



327 



Plum Cont'd. 



201; picking, 2(13; pocket, 111; 

 propagation, 200; pruning, -203; 

 soil, 201; species, 198; spray 

 calendar, 304; stocks, 201; 

 thinning. 203; varieties, 204 



Pollen, 24 



Pollination. 24. 32 



Pome fruits, 178 



Potassium sulfide, 308 



Powdery mildew, 109, 117 



Preparing the land, 33 



Pressure in spraying, 124 



Press, Barrel, 145 



Principles of plant growth, 19 



Propagation. 151 



Protection, Orchard, 61, 68 



Pruning, 39, 53; effect of, 53; how 

 to make cuts in, 55, 58; method 

 of, 55; reasons for, 53; the 

 young tree, 54; tools, 56 



Publications. 322 



Psychrometer, 70 



Psylla, Pear, 89 



Pumps, Spray, 126 



Pyrethrum, 310 



Quince, 195; as stock, 192; dis- 

 eases, 110; insects, 196; prop- 

 agation. 195 



Quincunx system, 38 



Rabbits. 65 



Raffia. 160 



Raspberry, 265; classification, 

 265; diseases, 119; flat-headed 

 borer, 100; insects, 100; market- 

 ing, 273; mulching, 271; pick- 

 ing, 273; propagation, 266; pro- 

 tection, 271; pruning, 270; rust, 

 120; soil, 268; spray calendar. 

 306; support, 271; thinning, 270 



Rate of seeding cover crops, 44 



Reasons for cultivation, 40 



Reasons for pruning, 53 



Red orange rust, 120 



Renewing old trees, 50 



Resin lime mixture, 310 



Rest period of plants, 28 



Return package, 142 



Root cuttings, 153 



Root galls, 65, 107 



Root grafting, 168 



Root killing, 67 



Rose chafer, 97 



Rot. Bitter, 106 



Rot, Black, 107, 111, 116 



Rot. Brown, 113 



Rules for naming fruits, 320 



Runners, 19, 152 



Rust, 107. 118, 120 



S 



Sand cherry, 277; distribution, 

 277; propagation, 279 



Sandy soils, 15 



San Jose scale, 86 



Saskatchewan, Varieties for. 319 



Scab, 108, 113, 115 



Scald, Fruit, 109 



Scale insects, 86 



Scurfy bark louse, 86 



Seed, 25, 151 



Seedlings, 25, 184 



Selection of trees, 35 



Selection of varieties, 31 



Shape of trees, 35 



Shot hole fungus, 113 



Side grafting, 171 



Slope, Direction of the, 16 



Small fruits, 247 



Smudger, 73 



Snowy tree cricket, 101 



Soap, Whale oil, 310 



Sod culture, 41 



Soils, 14 



Solar pit, 155 



Sorting table, 143 



Sprayers, 124, 129 



Spraying, 123; calendar, 303; 

 injuries, 110; outfits, 129 



Square system, 37 



Stems, 19, 139 



Stock, 156, 181, 201 



Storage buildings, 146 



Storing, 132, 146 



Stratification, 151 



Strawberry, 247; diseases, 118; 

 hill system, 251; insects, 101; 

 marketing, 257; origin of, 247; 

 picking, 257; propagation, 248; 

 renewing beds, 254; row sys- 

 tem, 251; rust, 118; setting 

 plants, 252; sexuality t>f plants, 

 255; soil, 248; spraying cal- 

 endar, 305; time of planting, 

 249; varieties, 258; weevil, 102; 

 winter protection, 253 



Stone fruits, 198 



Success in fruit growing, 17 



Suckers, 19, 189 



Sunburn, 118 



Sunscald, 61 



Systems of planting, 37 



