INDEX. 13 



Paprika — Continued. 



industry, United States, outlook, 43, 23-24. 



legal definition, 43, 2-4-. 



picking, cost, 43, 23. 



prices, factors influencing, etc., 43, 11-12. 



pungency, source, tests, 43, 6-9. 



trade in United States, investigation, discussion, 43, 11. 



yield, experiments in South Carolina, 43, 20-21. 

 Paris series soil type, Virginia, description, note, 48, 10. 

 Peach — 



growing in apple orchards, practices in West Virginia, 29, 2-24. 



orcharding, costs, 39, 17-19. 



orcharding, West Virginia, crew work, cost3 and results, 29, 1-24. 



orchards, life period, yield per tree, discussion, 29, 16-17. 



orchards, thinning fruit, time, method, cost, 29, 11. 



orchards, yield of seven representative, West Virginia, 29, 19-20. 



trees, "dehorning," 29, 16. 



yellows, similarity to mosiic diseases of tobacco, 40, 7, 9. 



yellows, statement of Erwin F. Smith, 40, 7. 

 Peach borers, "worming" trees, method, importance, cost, 29, 11. 

 Peaches — 



growing, costs and profits, 29, 20-21. 



harvesting, crew work, management, cost, etc., 29, 11-12. 



hauling, expense, injury to fruit, ate, notes, 29, 15-16. 



transportation methods, rates by freight and express, 29, 14. 



varieties suitable to West Virginia orcharding, 29, 6. 

 Peat, distillation for ammonium sulphate, yield by different processes, 37, 7. 

 Pellitory bark. See Prickly ash. 



Penn series soil types, Virginia, descriptions and crops suitable, 46, 5-6. 

 Pennsylvania sumac. See Sumac, smooth. 

 Pepper, paprika. See Paprika. 

 Pepperwood. See Prickly ash. 

 Pestalozzia hartigii, cause of stem-girdle, note, 44, 18. 



Pestalozzia needle blight, occurrence in coniferous nurseries, note, 44, 15-16. 

 Peter's staff. See Mullein. 

 Phytolacca americana. See Pokeweed. 

 Phytolacca decandra. See Pokeweed. 

 Phytolaces decandra. See Pokeweed. 

 Piedmont soil province, Virginia, descriptions of types, characteristics and uses, 46, 



3-7. 

 Pigeon berry. See Pokeweed. 

 "Pimenton," note, 43, 2. 

 Pocan. See Pokeweed. 

 Poison hemlock. See Hemlock, poison. 

 Poison parsley. See Hemlock, poison. 

 Poison root. See Hemlock, poison. 

 Poke berries, medicinal uses, collection, prices, 26, 5-6. 

 Poke root, medicinal use, note, 26, 6. 

 Poke. See also Pokeweed. 

 Pokeweed — 



medicinal use, habitat, range, description, 26, 5-6. 



medicinal uses, collection, prices, 26, 5-6. 



mosaic disease, experiments with tobacco plants, 40, 15-16. 



mosaic disease, winter survival, 40, 28-29. 

 Poplar, Alaska, occurrence, 50, 8. 

 Pork, production of bushel of corn, 41, 33. 



Porters series soil types, Virginia, descriptions and crops suitable, 46, 8-9. 

 Portsmouth series soil types, Virginia, descriptions, crops suitable, 46, 11-12. 

 Potato blight, cause of losses in New York, note, 47, 7. 

 Potato diseases, introduction from foreign countries, 47, 8-9. 

 Potato growers, American, lessons from German experiences, 47, 1-12. 

 Potato growing- 

 advantages, by-products, profits, etc., 47, 3^. 



Alaska, yield, notes, 50, 16, 17. 



climatic requirements, 47, 5. 



Germany and America, yields, areas, etc., 47, 1-2. 



low yields in United States, causes, 47, 6-8. 



