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Index 



Plant food, elements of, 187. 



Plants, leguminous, 197. 



Plum, propagation, 178; San Jose 

 scale, 381; varieties, description 

 of, 247. 



Potassium, 188. 



Potatoes, alfalfa sod for, 189. 



Poultry and fruit growing, 220. 



Propagation, 173. 



Pruning, annual, 99; apple trees, 

 88, 117; apricot, 123; balance 

 between roots and top, 81 ; bear- 

 ing habit and, 113; bearing trees, 

 111; Ben Davis, 87; blight, in- 

 fluence of pruning on, 87; buds, 

 relation to, 113; cherry, 125; 

 early bearing in relation to, 93; 

 effects on fruit spur, 71; form, 

 apple tree altered by, 117; Gano, 

 87; height of head, 84; how to 

 cut a branch, 89, 113; in rela- 

 tion to buds, 113; necessity of, 

 111; neglected, 122; open cen- 

 tered tree, 118; peach, young, 

 102; pear, 133; pear blight, to 

 avoid, 87; physiology of, 112; 

 plum, 139; pyramidal form, 87; 

 requirements of different varieties, 

 117; scaffold limbs, 88; shy 

 bearers, 123, 135; summer, 125, 

 130, 137; summer pruning of 

 pear, 137; stub cut, 89; thinning 

 fruit by, 141; tools, 115; vase 

 form, 87; winter, 99, 113; wounds, 

 114. 



Quince, bearing habit, 138; prun- 

 ing, 138. 



Root hairs, 54. 

 Root rots, 360. 

 Roots, 53; exposure to air, 51,82; 



pruning, 51, 82. 

 Rosette, cause of, 19. 



Sage brush land, 17. 

 San Jose scale, 381. 



Seepage, due to clay, 21 : due to 

 excessive irrigation, 22; due to 

 shale, 21. 



Shade crops, 184; marly soil on, 18. 



Sieve tubes, 59. 



Sinking land, 20. 



Small fruits, marketing, 308. 



Smudging, see Frost Fighting. 



Soil surveys, 23. 



Soils, adobe, 15; alkali, see Alkali; 

 cement, 20; depth of, 15, 19; 

 influence of color on, 196; irri- 

 gation of varieties, 206; marly, 

 difficulty of growth in, 19; or- 

 ganic matter, lack of, 16; prepa- 

 ration important, 28; puddling 

 of, 16; sandstone, 15; shallow, 

 19; shallow rooted trees in, 19; 

 solutions in, 55; surveys, 23; 

 varieties in, 15, 28; volcanic ash, 

 17. 



Spraying, apparatus, 382; formulae, 

 385. 



Stable manure, 193. 



Stanger, J. S., quoted, 6. 



Starch, 64. 



Stems, 56. 



Stomata, 62. 



Stone, W. G. M., 1. 



Storage, prompt, important, 252. 



Subsoil, importance of, 18. 



Sun scald, 84 ; protection of grafted 

 trees from, 160. 



Survey, see Soil Surveys. 



Tanglefoot bands, 367. 



Thinning, apples, 143; fruit, 141; 



peaches, 145; pears, 145. 

 Tillage, benefits of, 181; overdone, 



179; winter cultivation, 182; 



tilth, 182. 

 Tobacco, 388. 

 Top working, budding, see Budding; 



grafting, see Grafting young trees, 



165. 

 Trees, age of, 38, 89; bark, 59; 



carbon dioxid required, 64;. gir- 



