INDEX 



491 



Neglected orchards, renovation of, 

 388 ; diagnosis for, 392 ; treatment 

 of, 392 ; examples of, 402 



Newtown Pippin, soils for, 19 ; Yellow, 

 soils for, 19 



New York, western, apple-growing in, 



457 



New \ ork City, apple market, 323; 

 receipts of apples in, 485, 480 ; aver- 

 age price of apples in, 486 



Nitrogen, as fertilizer, 101 ; effect of, 

 on color, 443 



Northern Spy, soils for, 21 



Northwest, Pacific, 450 



Nova Scotia section, 464 



Nursery stock, 36 



Oil for heating orchards, 29; storing, 

 29; distributing, 30 ; lighting, 31 



Orchard heating, 27 



Orchards, climate for, 1 ; locating site 

 of, 2 ; staking, 59; systems of plant- 

 ing, 60 ; trees per acre, 66 



Ordering trees, 41 



Organizations, growers' and shippers', 



373 

 • >rigin of varieties, 467 

 Ozark region, 462 



Pacific Northwest, 450; tillage in, 451 ; 

 pruning in, 452 



Packing, 293 ; in boxes, 294 ; tables, 

 299; presses, 305, 312; in barrels, 

 308; labeling, 308"; cost of, 312 



Palmer worm, 18 4 



Paring apples, 362 



Pear blight, 210, 215 



Pear thrips, 195 



Pedigree trees, 40 



Percolation, losses caused by, 153; 

 studies in, 1 54 



Phosphorus as fertilizer, 101 



Picking, 266 



Piedmont region, 448 



Pink rot, 227 



Pipes and standpipes, 141 



Pippin, Albemarle (Yellow Newtown), 

 soils for, 19; Fall, soils for, 15 



Planting, fall versus spring, 71 ; hand, 

 73; plowing out for, 74; use of dy- 

 namite in. 7 5 



Planting board, 71 ; use of, 72 



Plow, gang, 118; landside, 117; sulky, 

 118 



Plowing land for orchard, 53 



Plum curculio, 201 



Pollen, application of, 421 ; gathering 

 of, 420; when to apply, 422 



Pollination, 414 



Pomace, 356; composition of, 357 

 Potassium as fertilizer, 103 

 Precooling of apples, 349 

 Premature dropping, 7 

 Preparation of land for orchard, 53 

 Prices, average, by months, 481 

 Production in the United States, 316; 



by states, 317 

 Profits, 382 

 Propagation, 407 

 Pruning, 83 ; effect of, 90 ; influence 



of, in " off " years, 90 ; reasons for, 



83 ; of roots, 85 ; of top, 85 ; time for, 



84, 87, 88, 89 

 Psychrometer, 32 

 Psychrometric table, 33 



Rabbits, injury from, 264 



Regions, Blue Ridge, 448; Piedmont, 



448; Pacific Northwest, 450; Ozark, 



462 ; Nova Scotia, 464 

 Renovating neglected orchards, 389 ; 



diagnosis for, 392 ; treatment, 392 ; 



examples of, 402 

 Ridger used in basin irrigation, 147 

 Ripening, uneven, 6 

 Rolling land for orchard, 55 

 Rome Beauty, soils for, 23 

 Root gall, 209 

 Root-grafting, 408 ; compared with 



budding, 409 

 Root rot, 210 



Rot, 210, 211, 212, 214, 221, 223, 227 

 Rust, 215 



Scab, 215, 217, 22i 



Scalding of apples, 337 ; prevention of, 



338 

 Scale, oyster-shell, 174; .San Jose, 175, 



391 ; treatment, 175, 178 

 Schellenberger machine, 285 

 Scions, selection of, 413 

 Scoring by card system, 433 ; cards for, 



434 

 Seedlings, 407 

 Selection of trees, 36 

 Shippers' organizations, 373 

 Shipping, 318; truck, 320 

 Site for apple orchard, 2 ; effect of 



high or low summer temperature on, 



5 ; effect of winter temperature on, 5 

 Size of fruit decreased, 6 

 Size of trees, proper, t,j 

 Slicing, machines for, 363 

 Sod culture versus tillage, 123; relative 



merits of , 1 24 ; experiment concerning, 



125; general advice concerning, 130 



