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GENERAL INDEX. 



Grange, distance of planting, 630 



dwarfing the, 626 



evolution of the, 622 



fertilizers for, 629 



frost, eflFects of, 633 



grafting the, 624 



index of varieties, 746 



insects injurious to, 635 



marketing the, 647 



propagation of the, 623 



protection against frost, 634 



pruning the, 632 



seedlings, 623 



selection of varieties, 640 



soil for, 628 



stocks for, 625 



transplanting the, 626 



varieties of, 641 

 Orchards, cultivation of com- 

 mercial, 85 



fertilizers for, 88 



laying out, 61 



management of Western, 83 



manuring, 60 



preparing, 60 



registering, 76 



staking out, 62 



when to manure, 83 

 Oyster-shell bark-louse, 165 



Packing fruit for market, 126 

 Paw-paw, 616 

 Peach, the, 464 



aphis, black, 191 



borer, 191 



crop, destruction of, by frost, 

 465 



diseases of, 224 



espalier training, 470 



index of varieties, 747 



manures for, 469 



propagation of the, 646 



pruning the, 106 



raising in pots, 470 



Peach, soils for, 468 



stocks for, 468 



training the, 469 



transplanting the, 469 



varieties of, 474 



I., freestones, 476 

 II., clingstones, 488 



winter protection for, 473 



yellows, 224 

 Pear, the, 491 



budding the, 493 



classification of forms, 501 



diseases of, 218 



dwarf, 493 



index of varieties, 757 



midge, 183 



propagation of, 491 



quality of, 510 



regrafting the, 498 



slug, 182 



training the, 497 



varieties of, 510 



I., summer pears, 510 

 II., autumn pears, 515 

 III., winter pears, 537 



wintering the seedlings, 492 

 Pecan nuts, 449 



varieties of, 451 

 Persimmon, the, 669 



cultivation of, 673 



diseases of, 673 



index of varieties, 782 



Japanese improvement of, 

 671 



varieties of, 669, 674 

 Phylloxera, grape, 196 

 Picking apples, proper way of, 



125 

 Pineapple, the, 678 



cultivation of, 680 



diseases of, 683 



index of varieties, 782 



propagation of, 679 



soils for, 681 



