INDEX 



335 



Fall plowing, 66 



preparation of plants, 160 

 Farm garden, 21 

 Fire blight on apple, 236 



on pear, 246 

 Firming board, 43 

 Flea beetle, 220 

 Fly speck, 236 

 Formalin, formula of, 138 

 Fumigation, 138 

 Fungicides, 135, 137 

 Fungous disease, 113 

 Fruit worm, 193 



G 



Garden plans, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30 

 Geneva seed tester, 40 

 Germinating cup, 40 

 Germination, 32 



internal conditions effecting, 36 



oxygen necessary for, 34 



processes of, 36 



temperature necessary for, 35 



water necessary for, 32 

 Germinative energy of seed, 38 

 Gooseberry, 21, 22 



classes of, 184 



pruning of, 188 

 Grafting, 89, 93 



bark, 100 



bridge, 101 



cleft, 99 



purpose and value of, 94 



saddle, 98 



splice, 96 



tongue, 96 



use of, 94 



waxes, formulas for, 104, 105 

 Grape, 21, 22 



cultivation of, 212 



diseases of, 217 



fruit, 286 



harvesting and packing of, 216 



insects of, 220 



planting of, 211 



propagation of, 207 



pruning of, 212 



soil for, 210 



training of, 213 



varieties of, 216 



Grapeberry moth, 221 

 Greenwood cutting, S4, 85 

 Gum diseases of citrus fruits, 295 

 Gummoses on plum, 279 



H 



Hand atomizer, 123 

 Hard wood cuttings, 86 



storing and handling of, 86 

 Harvesting, 151 



of apples, 231 



of brambles, 203 



of cherry, 259 



of citrus fruits, 291 



of grapes, 216 



of pears, 245 



of plum, 278 



of strawberry, 175 

 Hellebore, formula for, 132 

 Herbaceous plants, winter care of, 



161 

 Hill system, 171 

 Horse cultivator, 70 

 Horseradish, 21, 22 

 Hotbed, 30 



advantages of, 49 



cross-section of, 52 



frame, 51 



location of, 50 



pit, 50 



depth of, 51 



plan, 55 



sash, 53 

 How to remove large branches, 143 



I 



Implements of cultivation, 70 



Insecticides, 131, 135, 137 



Insects, biting, boring, sucking, 107 

 control measures of, 109 



Internal conditions affecting ger- 

 mination, 36 



Kerosene emulsion, formula for, 



134 

 Kumquat, 286 



