INDEX. 



Page. 



Acorns, uses 101 



Adams, Dudley W., note on grafting pecan 56 



.1 ^ruhis Ahorse-chestnut), article 101 



Albright, Owen, note on top grafting pecan 56 



Alexander, J. C., note on American hazelnut 75 



Alfalfa, injurious to pecan orchard 51 



Allen, Edwin, note on variety of chestnut - 



A Hied stock for propagating pecan - 



Almond, age of Gearing and yield - 



American, description - 19 



bitter, commercial division - 26 



description of, plate 114 



original of improved varieties 20 



budding 13,21 



chapter 19 



character of soil required 



climate and exposure - 21 



close grading recommended - 26 



damaged by birds - 24 



description of plate 114 



early blooming a weak trait 20,21 



estimate of crop in California in 1891 - 20 



general remarks on culture '. - 21 



varieties 26 



green. (Same as Pistachio.) 



history of industry in California 20 



how propagated 21 



remarks on pruning 22 



tariffrates 28 



when to plant in orchard, and culture - 21 



where they can be grown 19 



Almonds, amount of importations 20 



assorting and prices _ 24 



description of machine for hulling - 23 



hulling, drying, and bleaching _ 23 



insects, diseases, and remedies - 24 



list and description of varieties giown in 



United States 26 



method of harvesting - 22 



preparation for market _ 22 



selection of varieties - 21 



variations produced by location and by age 



of tree 26 



yield in California 1885-1892 20 



American almond, description 19 



chestnut, botanical position 77 



budding and grafting 80 



chapter - 77 



character of soil required 77 



cultural directions 82 



culture, remarks on generalinter- 



est 79 



decline of vigor 78 



description and geographical dis- 

 tribution 77 



dying, causes ascribed _ 78 



increase of number of trees culti- 

 vated - 



note on keeping seed through 



winter '. 



notes on growth in various States- 

 injurious insects and 



their remedy 83 



named varieties - 84 



unnamed varieties 83 



preparation for market _ 82 



preserving nuts for seed _ 80 



remarks on age of bearing 82 



productiveness 78 



propagation 80 



hazels, article 74 



description and geographical distri- 

 bution 74 



Page. 

 Ames, Fisher, note on productiveness of American 



chestnut 78 



Ammonical solution of copper carbonate 25 



^7nt/*7daZusander0<mu(Americanalmond), description. 19 



communis (almond), article 19 



A nacardium occidental* (cashew), article 105 



An'iuilltiia, destructive work on Persian walnut - 30 



Anyuillulce, destruction to nursery trees 33 



Annular budding, description _ 13 



(ring budding) of pecan 55 



Areca catechu (betel), article 106 



Arizona pinon, notes _ 93 



Arsenical poisons, not on damage to pecan _ 62 



Auction sale of fruit at place of production 19 



Australian ladybird, enemy to cotton cushion scale. .- 62 



Ayres, Geo. H., note on variety of shagbark nut _ 66 



Babcock, Daniel W., note on pecan 51 



variety of chestnut 83 



Bailey, L. H., note on Japanese chestnuts _ 87 



Barclay, J. L., note on chinkapin _ 91 



Barrenness of nut trees, reasons 17 



Bartram, J. Hibbard, note on method of grafting cheat- 

 nut 



7!) 



77 



Jiatocera rubus (cocoanut beetle), notes... _ 



Beech, article 



botanical position 



description of plate _ 



geographical distribution 



Beechnut, use, and methods of harvesting 



Bennett, Alvin S., note on American chestnut 



Berber, Mrs. H. H., note on use of Juglans cordiformit- 



Brrthollelia excelta (cream nut), article 



Betel, article 



nut, extensive use in India 



Betts, George C., note on American hazelnut 



Biediger, Louis, note on pecan in Texas 



varieties of pecan f 



remarks on pecan nut oil 



Big bud hickory. (Same as Mocker nut.) 



cone pine, notes 



shagbark. (Same as Shellbark.) 

 shellbark. (Same as Shellbark.) 

 Bissy. (Same as Kola.) 

 Bitter hickory. (Same as Pig nut.) 



nut, description 



Can. (Same as Water hickory.) 

 tie, enemy of the cocoanut palm 



hickory. (Same as Mocker nut.) 



John J ., note on variety of Japanese chestnut. . 



pine, notes 



walnnt, article 



California, as stock for Persian walnut. 



Eastern, for supplying pollen to Persian 



walnut 



geographical distribution _ 

 ow and when to bud and graft 



list and description of varieties - 



note on rapid growth _ 



profits from planting 



remarks on 'propagation _ 



use as stocktfor Persian walnut 



walnuts, notes on harvesting 



Bleaching almonds, remarks 



liable to injure almonds 



Blight, twig of pecan, remarksand remedy 



Bottom shellbark. (Same as Shellbark.) 



Boyd, J. H. H., note on chinkapin 



Brazil nut. (Same^as Cream nut.) 



Brelsford, J. H. H.,"note on cocoanut in Florida 



Brigdeu, Thomas, note on variety of chestnut 



notes on pecan, Persian walnnt, and 



hazelnnt 



Broom hickory. (Same as Pig nut.) 



139 



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 78 

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 51 

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94 



69 



45 

 33 



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