638 INDEX. 



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 Mushrooms, culture of, is a curious process, - no 



different kinds of, described, - 115 



of gathering, ! 1 6 



Mustard, culture of, 31, 42, 54, 106, 130 



N. 

 Nectarines, kinds of, enumerated, - 152, 302 



described, 170, 302 



of planting 206 



-* of priming and training 194, 238, 243, 247, 



250, 253, 437 



of screening the blossoms of, - 220 



of thinning the fruit of, 240, 244, 245 



the leaves of, 250, 253, 256 



of gathering the fruit of, - 251 



of compost-earth for, - 291 



of forcing, 323, 342, 358, 377, 390, 401 



Netted cantelope melon described, - 310 



romana melon described, - 312 



Nets, of their use in screening fruit-tree blossoms, 221 



'. how to place over fruit-trees, - 223 



particular kind of described, * 224 



Newington nectarine described - 302 



New Providence pine-apple described, - 307 



soil, curious method of obtaining, 15 



Noblesse peach described, - - 171 



Nonpareil apple described, - 166 



o. 



Oil, of destroying insects with, 249, 508 



Oil-cloth, of its use in conducing fumigations 227 



covers, for flued pits, o 227 



Onions, culture of, 27, 38, 51, 66, 80, 91, 104, 117 



