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Apples, keeping, by J. H. Masters 104 



marketing, by Samuel Barnard 104 



most valuable winter varieties of 99 



propagation of, by G. J. Carpenter 106 



summer, by Hiram Craig 102 



only adapted to home use 103 



valuable fall varieties of. 102 



winter, by Peter Youngers, Jr 98 



Apricot, description of 247 



Ash, is the tree for fuel 150 



most successful tree in drouths 148 



Barnard, Hon. Samuel, illustration, frontispiece. 



in memoriam , 51 



marketing apples, a paper by 104 



resolutions on death of 49 



Beetle, black-legged tortoise 210 



remedies for 211 



flea, the fiery 203 



remedies for 203 



golden tortoise 208 



mottled tortoise 209 



pale-thighed tortoise.. 209 



the striped 208 



Bessey, Prof. C. E., evolution in horticulture. 177 



Best cherries, the 126 



plums, the 125 



Blackberries, hardly profitable, commercially 85 



should be grown in moist land 85 



special rules for judging 17 



Black locust, excels for fence posts 150 



is most valuable for the west 156 



is not much affected by borers here 150 



Brown, J. L., letter from 65 



discussion on 68 



Bruner, Lawrence, entomologist 183 



By-laws 12 



Canning and preparing fruits for home use, by Mrs. R. N. Day 218 



Carpenter, G. J., propagation of apples, a paper by 106 



the Crescent strawberry 96 



Carpenter, Mrs. G. J., "My Floral Treasures" 220 



Catalpa, excellent for fence posts 150 



valuable in eastern and central Nebraska... 147 



Cedars, are of great vigor 165 



brown, of Colorado 166 



silver of the Rockies 166 



Cherries, description of 246 



