150 



PIOTOBIAL PBAOTIGAL FBUIT QBOWING. 



Espaliers, training (^illustrated), 10 ; 

 forming, 12 



Fan-shaped trees, forming (illustrated), 

 11, 12 



Figs, 84 ; summer pruning (illustrated), 

 83, 84 ; fruiting wood (illustrated), 85 ; 

 varieties, 86 



Filberts, 118 (see also Nuts) 



Fruit garden, an amateur's (illustrate^, 

 2 



Fruit, rooms for (illustrated), 137 ; pro- 

 tecting blossom (illustrated), 138, 140 ; 

 gathering (illustrated), 141 



Fruit trees, stocks for (illustrated), 37, 

 38 ; soils and manures, 46 ; artificials 

 for, 3, 47, 49 ; site for, 47 ; in pots 

 (illustrated), 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 

 134, 135, 136 ; labels for (illustrated), 

 138, 139 ; planting table, 142 ; plant- 

 ing in diamonds, 143 ; in squares, 

 144 ; cost of culture, 146 



G 



Gathering fruit (illustrated), 141 



GooSBBEEBlEa, pruning, 28 ; spur 

 system (illustrated), 31 ; soil for, 48 ; 

 the best varieties, 64 ; enemies, 76 ; 

 Sawfly, 76; Magpie Moth, 76; Bed 

 Spider, 76 



Grafting, Whip (illustrated), 39, 42 ; 

 making a fit (illustrated), 41; graft- 

 ing large trees (illustrated), 42 ; 

 crown, 42 ; cleft, 42 ; preparing old 

 trees for (illustrated) , 43 ; crown and 

 cleit [illustrated), a ; a good "pug" 

 for, 42 ; wax, how to make, 42 ; 

 covering, to exclude air (illustrated), 

 45; clef t grafting knife (illustrated), 47 



Geapes (see also Yines), 88 ; in green- 

 houses, 96 ; fertilisation, 99 ; selecting 

 and thinning bunches, 99 ; scalding, 

 100; varieties, 102; keeping, 104; 

 shanking, 104, (illustrated), 105 ; in 

 ground or frame Vineries, 104, (illus- 

 trated), 108 ; out of doors, 109 ; record 



bunches, 110; Alicante (illustrated), 

 99 ; Muscat of Alexandria (illus- 

 trated), 101 ; Alnwick Seedling 

 (illustrated), 103 ; first prize (illus- 

 trated), 110 



Ground Vineries, 104, (illmtrated), 106, 

 107, 108, 109 



Gum, 70 



H 



Hares, to prevent barking trees, 79 

 Hazel Nuts, 118 (see also Nuts) 

 Horizontal cordons (illustrated), 10 



Insects and fungi, remedies for, 78, 79 



Knife for cleft grafting (illustrated), 47 



Labels for fruit (illustrated), 138, 139 

 Lackey Moth (illustrated), 73, 74 

 Lichen and Moss, 70 

 Limewash, 78 



M 



Magpie Moth (illustrated), 75, 76 



Medlars, 111 



Melons, raising (illustrated), 113 ; stop- 

 ping (illustrated), 114; fertilising (i/- 

 lustrated), 115; Sih-ovseoi (illustrated), 

 116; Syon House (illustrated), 117; 

 regulating the fruits, 118; canker in, 

 118 ; compost for, 118 ; succession of, 

 118 ; varieties, 118 



Mildew on Strawberries, 77 



Morus nigra. 111 



Mottled Umber Moth, 74 



Mulberries, HI 



N 

 Neotaeines, pruning, 20, (illustrxlecC), 

 23; disbudding (illustrated), 25; 

 stocks for, 38 ; the best varieties, 61 ; 

 Humboldt (illustrated), 69 



