VI CONTENTS. 



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The Grape Vine Flea Beetle 49 



The Green Grape Vine SpUnx 50 



The Gooseberry Saw-fly 52 



The Pkoduotion of New Vaeibties of Fktjit — 



How they are produced .' 53 



Cross-fertilization 58 



How to Cross-fertilize 59 



The Apple — 



Soil best Suited to Apples 61 



How Propagated 62 



Gathering and Sorting for Market 62 



Packing and Marketing the Fnut 63 



Best Kinds for Market 64 



Dwarf and Half-standard Trees 65 



Varieties of Apples, with description of each 66 



The Apbioot — 



Climate and Soil Suitable 84 



How Propagated 84 



Varieties, with description 85 



The Chebey — 



Classes of Varieties and Soil best Suited 85 



How Propagated and Stocks on which it is Grown 86 



Varieties, with full description 87 



The Nectakinb — 



Cultivation and Varieties 92 ■ 



The Peach — 



Soil best Adapted and Pruning 94 



Manuring 95 



Varieties, with description 95 



The Peah — 



Best Soil 97 



Climate and Diseases 97 



Manures and Propagation.' 98 



Standard Trees 98 



Dwarf Trees and how to Plant them 99 



Howto Prunethem 100 



Thinning Out and Gathering the Fruit 103 



Growing for Market 105 



Varieties, with fiill description 105 



The Plum — 



Climate and Soil 118 



