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Index 



Cherry, adaptation, 239; branch 



bud, 77; fruit buds, 77; morello, 



242; packing, 284; picking, 260; 



propagation, 178; slug, 370; 



varieties, description of, 241. 

 Chlorophyll, 64. 

 Cion wood, 160. 

 Climate: see also Altitude, Frost, 



Mountains; effect on organic 



matter, 16. 

 Codling-moth, 316. 

 Color, influence of soil on, 228. 

 Colorado, horticultural history, 



early, 6. 



Commercial fertilizers, 188. 

 Commission men, 303. 

 Cooperation, necessity of, 303. 

 Core rot of Jonathan, 252. 

 Cover crops, 190. 

 Cross fertilization, planning for, 



47. 

 Crown gall, 82, 359. 



Dairy and fruit growing, 216. 

 Decay, process of, 194. 

 Drainage and alkali, 22. 

 Dwarf apples, 174. 

 Dwarf pears, 176. 



Fertility: alfalfa, effect of, on, 185; 

 organic matter important, 183, 

 190; soil exhaustion, 180, 187; 

 soil not inexhaustible, 184. 



Fertilizers, effects on potatoes, 189. 



Fillers, 46. 



Formulae, 385. 



Free water, 205. 



French crab stock, 173. 



Frost, blister, 326; canon breeze, 

 effects of, 14; injuries from, 325; 

 injuries to bud, 326; protection, 

 334; russet, 325; second crop 

 bloom caused by, 330; young 

 fruit injured by, 328. 



Frost fighting, devices for, 334; 

 fuels for, 340; retarding blooming 

 period, 337; smudging, 338. 



Fruit: see also Names of various 

 fruits; factors determining quality 

 of, 228; keeping qualities in high 

 altitudes, 251; small farms the 

 rule, 11. 



Fruit bud, axillary of apple, 71; 

 axillary of pear, 71; terminal of 

 apple, 71; terminal of pear, 71. 



Fruit growers' associations, 302; 

 management, 309. 



Fruit growing, commercial, recent, 

 11. 



Fruit spur, apple, 68; bearing 

 habit, 71; bearing habit may be 

 changed, 71 ; formation of, 93 ; 

 intermittent bearing of, 73; scar 

 on, 70. 



Furrows, character of, 207. 



Giant powder, subsoil loosened by, 

 34. 



Grafting, cion wood, 160; methods, 

 151; northern spy and woolly 

 aphis, 148; old trees, 150; reasons 

 for, 147; seasons for, 158; stone 

 fruits, questionable, 148; varieties 

 to avoid: Duchess, Hyslop, Mis- 

 souri, Wagner, Wealthy, 150; 

 young trees, 165. 



Grafting wax, 390. 



Grand Junction Association, 302. 



Greasewood land, 17. 



Green, W. J., on Ohio fruit culture, 

 179. 



Green aphis, 362. 



Green manures, benefits of, 190. 



Gypsum, rare, 19. 



Headden, Wm. P., quoted, 362. 

 Hellebore, 386. 

 Hoed crops, 183. 

 Hogs and fruit growing, 218. 

 Hood River Association, 270, 307. 

 Horses and fruit growing, 213. 

 Horticultural history, early, 1. 

 Howard scale, 381. 

 Humus, 194. 



