462 



Index 



Illinois, advantages and disad- 

 vantages, 107 

 regional description, 50-53 

 Implements used in cultivation, 



165 



Increased demand, 10 

 Inflation, apple land values, 8 

 Ingram, 424 



Insect pests of the apple, 206-216 

 Insects, in selection of site, 122- 



123 



Insecticides, 238 

 Inspection at point of origin, 



332-333 



Insulation, 306-312 

 Intensive farms, 133-140 

 Inter-crops, use of, 153-154 

 Internal browning, 223 

 Investment costs, 363 

 Iowa, heavy plantings, 56-59 

 Irrigated districts, amount of 



water, 181-182 

 characteristics of 173-177 

 choosing of, 177-181 

 Irrigation, 172-185 

 methods of, 183-185 

 number of applications, 182- 



183 

 time of, 182 



Jelly manufacturing, 355 

 Johnson's Fine Winter, 400 

 Jonathan, 399 

 Jumble pack, 304 



Kansas, heavy plantings, 56-59 



Kentucky, 48 



Kiln evaporators. 351 



King David, 440 



Kraus, work of, 189-191 



Kraybill, work of, 189-191 



Labor conditions, 128-129 



cost of, 359-360 



efficiency of, 373 



Seasonal distribution, 367 

 Lady, 426 



Leguminous cover-crop, 160 

 Lepidosaphes ulmi, 211 

 Leptothyrium pomi, 217 

 Lewis, C. I., quoted, 195-198 

 Lewiston district, 75 

 Lime, value of, 192 



sulfur, 241 



dry, 245-246 



home-made 242-244 

 Locality, choosing of, 100-131 

 Loess apple belt. 56-57 

 Longevity of orchards, 121-122 

 Long Island Russet, 408 

 Loppers, 278 



Low prices, danger of, 134 

 Lowry, 439 

 Lump-sum buyers, 315 

 Lygidea mendax, 214 



Magnum Bonum, 434 



Maiden Blush, 431 



Maine, apple industry in, 33 



Malacosoma americana. 214 



Mains communis, 27 

 sylvestris, 27 



Mammoth Black Twig, 411 



Market, proximity to, 118-119 



Massachusetts, apple industry in, 

 33 



Materials, cost of, 372 



Mclntosh, 430 



Mechanical sizers. 307 



Mice, meadow, 223 

 pine, 224 



Michigan, regional description, 

 49-50 



Michigan, western, advantages 

 and disadvantages, 106-107 



Middle West, early development 

 of apple, 23 



Mill shavings, insulation. 312 



Milton-Freewater district, 73 



Minnesota, 80 



Miscible oils, 245 



Mississippi Valley region of Illi- 

 nois, 52 



