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A 



Age at which trees bear, . . 18 

 Alfalfa in orchards, .... 77 



Almond, -115 



Aphis, 83, 92, 96, 108 



Aphis, woolly, 35, 85 



Apple, The. Culture Pests ; 

 Pruning; Spraying; Va- 

 rieties ; etc., .... 81 to 90 

 Apples, cold storage and 

 marketing, .... 137 to 140 



Apples, crab, 119 



Apples, grading, . 131, 132, 133 

 Apples, packing, . . 129 to 133 

 Apples, picking, 



123, 124, 127, 128 



Apricot 119 



Arsenate of lead, .... 62, 63 



Ashes, hard-wood,. . . 55, 78 



Avocado or Alligator pear, 119 



B 



Bark-burst, 91, 110 



Bark grafting, ..... 23, 24 

 Bark injury, preventing, 



77, 78, 79, 80, 91 

 ' ' Barked ' ' trees , saving, 24, 58 



Barrel press, 133 



Barrels, apple, 129, 130, 132, 133 

 Baskets, packing, 134, 135, 136 

 Baskets, picking; . . . 128, 134 



Beech nut, 115 



Beetle. 



(See May Beetle, etc.) 



Bird injury, 94 



Bitter rot, 85 



Black knot, 93, 109 



Black spot, 86 



Black walnut, 115 



Blight, fire or pear, . . 86, 105 

 Blight, leaf, . . 93, 104, 105, 110 



B ight, twig, 86, 97 



Blister mite 103 



Blossom facts, 



16, 17, 44, 58, 65, 77, 78, 79, 96 

 Blue vitriol. (See Copper Sulphate.) 



Bolts, use of , 77 



Bone fertilizers, 56 



Bordeaux mixture, 61,62,65, 66 

 Borers, 



77, 79, 80, 83, 92, 96, 103, 108 

 Boxes, fruit, . 130, 133, 134, 136 



Bridge grafting, 24 



Brown rot, 93, 97, 110 



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Budding, . . 19, 25, 26, 27, 28 

 Buds. (See Blossom Facts.) 



Bud worm, 83 



Buffalo tree-hopper, .... 83 



Butternut, 115 



Buying trees, 14, 16 



C 



Canker, 86, 87 



Canker worm, 84 



Caterpillars, tent, 85 



Cherry ,The. Culture; Pests; 

 Pruning; Spraying; Va- 

 rieties; etc., 91 to 94 

 Cherries, grading, ... 134 

 Cherries, packing, . . 134, 135 

 Cherries, picking, 124, 125, 126 



Chestnut, 115, 116, 117 



Chinquapin, 117 



Citron, 119 



Citrus fruits, . . . . 119 to 122 

 Cleft grafting, . . .21,22. 23 

 Climatic conditions, .12 

 Clover in orchards, . . .76, 77 



Cocoanut, 117 



Cocoons, destroy, 77 



Codling moth, ... 83, 84, 103 

 Cold storage, . 137, 138, 139, 140 



Collar rot, 86, 87 



Commission men, 139 



Co-operative associations, . 140 

 Copper sulphate, . .61,62, 66 

 Cover crops, .... 75, 76, 77 

 Cowpeas in orchards, ... 76 



Crab apple, 119 



Crates, . 128, 134, 135, 136 



Cricket, snowy tree, .... 97 

 Crop-growing in orchards, 



52, 53 



Crops, cover, .... 75, 76, 77 

 Crotches, weak, ... 45, 77 



Crown gall, 34, 35, 98 



Crown grafting, ... 24 



Culls, fruit 131, 136 



Cultivation, . 51, 52, 53, 54, 58 



(See also under Apple ; Pear ; etc.) 



Curculio, 84, 92, 96, 108, 109 



Cut-worms, climbing, . 42, 43 



B 



Date palm, 119 



Dead wood, 48 



Diseases. 



(See Spraying ; Apple ; Pear ; etc.) 



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