INDEX 



Air drainage, 14. 



Alfalfa, influenced by fertility, 185 ; 

 ways of killing, 35. 



Alkali, black, 23; drainage, 23; 

 injury due to, 56; kinds of, 22; 

 source of, 22; virgin soil, 22; 

 white, 23. 



Altitude, early bearing in relation 

 to, 99; effects on fruit growing, 

 13. 



Aphis, see Green Aphis, Woolly 

 Aphis. 



Apple. Arkansas, 231, 235; Arkan- 

 sas Black, 232, 235; arsenical 

 poisoning, 360, 369; Ben Davis, 

 87, 226, 230, 235; blight, 87, 359; 

 crown gall, 82, 359 ; early variety, 

 234; Esopus (Spitzenberg), 232, 

 235; fruit spur of, 70; grading, 

 277; Grimes, 229, 236; hardy, for 

 high altitude, 234; aphis, green, 

 332; aphis, woolly, 364; codling- 

 moth, 368; Jonathan, 226, 228, 

 236; pruning of, 117; Mclntosh, 

 232, 236; mildew, 360; Missouri, 

 44, 47, 229, 236; Newtown Pip- 

 pin, 230, 238; packing, 276; pick- 

 ing, 257; pruning of, 121; Rails, 

 232; Rome, 44, 226, 229, 237; 

 root rot, 360; varieties, de- 

 scription of, 235; Wagner, 44; 

 White Pearmain, 232,237; Wine- 

 sap, 229, 238; pruning of, 121; 

 Winter Banana, 232, 233; Wrap- 

 ping, 282, 308; Yellow Newtown, 

 Pippin, pruning of, 123. 



Apricot, blight, 370; branch bud, 

 76; fruit bud, 76; fruit buds, 

 character of, 124; packing, 283; 

 picking, 260; propagation, 178; 

 pruning, 123; varieties, descrip- 

 tion of, 239. 



Arkansas Valley, 13. 



Arsenate of lead, 385. 



Arsenical poisoning of trees, 360, 

 369. 



Associations, benefits of, 303; fruit 

 growers', 302; Grand Junction, 

 302; Hood River, 307; state, 

 315. 



Baby beef and fruit growing, 214. 



Bailey, L. H., quoted, 86, 181. 



Black leaf, 387. 



Blight, 359, 370; see also Apple 

 Blight, Pear Blight, etc. 



Bordeaux mixture, 388. 



Boxes, 275, 278. 



Branches, ages of, 66; leaf scars 

 on, 67. 



Brown mite, 367. 



Budding, orchard trees, 152. 



Buds, apple, 69; branch, 70; fruit, 

 see Fruit Bud; scales, 66; ter- 

 minal, 68. 



Cambium, 59. 



Canon breeze, see Frost. 



Capillary water, 105. 



Carbon dioxid, action of, 195; 



amount required by trees, 64; 



strong solvent, 195. 



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