INDEX 



413 



Pruning, oranges, 280 



peaches, 209, 211, 213 



pears, 189, 191 



plums, 229 



raspberries, 254, 255 



saws, 334 



shears, 76 



summer, 213 



the orchard, 180-1 



tools, 335 



years', 333 

 Pulsatilla, division of, 35 

 Pumpkins, 129 

 Purslane, 348 

 Pyrethrum, 316 



Questions at close of each chapter 

 Quince, culture, 191 



enemies of, 195 



section on, 190 



twig blight, 199 

 Quality of apples, 400 



Rabbits, 56, 58, 59 



and mice, protection against, 198 



trap for, 59 

 Radishes, 95 

 Bag doll tester, 18 

 Rake, garden, 77 

 Raspberries, propagation of, 45 



section on, 252 

 Raspberry, crown gall, 258 



diseases, 257 



harvesting, 254 



hill system, 256 



insects, 256 



locations, 253 



planting, 253, 257 



projects, 269 



pruning, 254-5 



soils, 253 



training, 254 



uses, 256 



varieties, 253 



winter protection, 254 

 Reference library, 390 

 References to books and bulletins, see 



end of each chapter 

 Rejuvenated Baldwin orchard, 185 

 Renovating old orchards, 184-5 

 Renovation, steps in, 184 

 Reversion, 23 

 Rhubarb, 115 



forcing, 120 

 Ripe wood cuttings, 40 

 Ripening dates, 232 

 Rod for spraying, 323 



Romaine, 96 



Root crops and tubers, 91 



cuttings, 39 



division, 33, 38, 47 

 Root hairs shown, 6 

 structure of, 5 

 work of, 5 

 Rooting layers, 44 

 Roots, absorption by, 5 



osmosis in, 5 



propagation by, 37, 47 

 Rose chafer, 247 



mildew, 251, 306 

 Rotation in gardens, 165, 171 

 Rust on apples and cedars, 200 



Salsify, 114 



Salting cucumbers, 130 



San Jose' scale, 215-6 



Sauerkraut, 105 



Saws, pruning, 334 



Scab, apple, 198, 309, 320 



potato, 136-7 

 Scale insects, 215-6 

 Scoring home grounds, 382 

 Sea kale, 118 



Seasonal work by months, 337, 341 

 Seed, analysis, 19 



crop, securing, 15 



effect of weight of, 30 



formation, 20 



laboratories, 350 



large and small, 25 



pedigrees, 27 



potatoes, 134, 144 

 cutting, 135 

 improving, 28, 31 

 planting, 135 

 sprouting, 137 

 treating, 136 



samples, impurities in, 19 



saving contest, 20 



selection, 15 



sources in America, 15, 16 



testers, 18 



trial grounds, 15, 16 

 Seeds, analysis of, 19 



buying, 16, 19 



choice of, 20 



detecting age of, 17 



food in, 20 



for market, 20 



forest, 365 



garden, 14 



germination of, 3 



growth of, 14 



how produced, 10 



