Contents xv 



PAGES 



Wrapping Apples 282 



Packing Apricots 283 



Packing Cherries .284 



Packing Peaches 286 



Packing Table 289 



Packing Plums 292 



Grading and Packing Pears 292 



CHAPTER XVIII 



MARKETING FRUIT 302-323 



Cooperation in Marketing Necessary 303 



Packing .307 



The Hood River Plan 307 



F.O.B. Sales the Rule 311 



Express Shipments 312 



An Association benefits the Entire Community . . .312 



District Organization 315 



By-laws 316 



CHAPTER XIX 



FROST INJURIES, SECONDARY BLOOM, AND FROST PROTECTION 324-354 



Various Conditions conducive to Winter Injury . . . 324 



Frost Russet 325 



Frost Blister 326 



Injury to Buds or Bloom 326 



Injury to Fruit 328 



Second-crop Bloom 330 



Frost Protection 334 



CHAPTER XX 

 ORCHARD PESTS AND THEIR CONTROL .... 355-390 



Biting Insects 357 



Sucking insects 358 



Orchard Insects and Diseases described and Remedies Sug- 

 gested 359 



Good Spraying Equipment Necessary 382 



Formulas 385 



INDEX . . 391 



