INDEX. 



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Acorns, edible 44 



Alkaline Soils . . . > 37 



Alligator Pear 476 



Almond, The 501 



growing from seed 74 



hulling and bleaching 503 



pollination 505 



propagation 502 



pruning 502, 503 



situations and soils 502 



wild 44 



varieties 505, 506 



Animals, injurious 586 



Ants, killing 574 



Apple in California 223 



aphis resistant 226 



aphis woolly 559 



drying 536 



exposures for 225 



gathering 230 



irrigation 230 



localities for 224 



mildew 578 



mission 46 



native crab 39 



planting, distance 227 



picking and packing 232 



pollination 234 



propagation 226 



pruning 227 



scab or smut 579 



second crop 234 



seedlings, growing 72 



shipping 233 



soils for 225 



Southern California 240 



storehouse for 231 



summer and fall 233 



table of varieties 241 



thinning 140, 229 



varieties, most popular 221 



when to pick 230 



winter 233 



worm 576 



varieties .' 236 to 240 



Apricot . 243 



climatic requirements 244 



diseases of 251 



distances for 247 



drying ., 536 



exposures for 244 



growing seedlings 73 



irrigation 251 



localities for 244 



mission 46 



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old trees 243 



on almond root 246 



planting 247 



pruning 248 



shot-hole fungus 252, 579 



stocks and soils for 246 



table of varieties 252 



thinning 137, 250 



varieties 253 to 255 



Army Worms 548 



Atmospheric humidity 23 



Banana, The 468 



Barberry, native 43 



Bear berry : 43 



Bergamot 467 



Berries and currants 479 



Berries, various wild 43 



Birds, poisoning 590 



Blackberry, The 480 



cultivation 481 



hybrids 494 



distances for 480 



longevity of 484 



propagation 480 



pruning 483, 486 



wild 41 



varieties 484 



Blasting for planting 104 



Borers 1 16, 568 



Bones, treatment of 159 



Bordeaux Mixture 579 



Brush, cutting to kill 66 



Budding, common method 81 



June 89 



over old trees 91 



spring 83 



Bud, cutting to a 135 



Buds, dormant 90 



Buffalo berry 43 



Burbank's varieties 219, 317, 326 



Cactus fruits 44, 476 



Canned fruit product 525 



Canning industry 526 



Canker worms 550 



Caterpillars ' 551 



Chain for laying out 103 



Chamisal and chaparral 61 



Charcoal making 66 



Cherimoyer '. 469 



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