Contents xiii 



Subsequent Cabe of the Fruit-Plantation, Continued Pages 



Special Care op the Plants 273-283 



Staking young trees 273-274 



Watering 274 



Bark-bound trees 274-276 



Scraping trees 276-277 



Whitewashing trees 277 



Ringing 277-279 



Top-grafting bearing trees 279-281 



Grafting-wax 281-282 



Bagging fruits 282 



Winter preparations 282—283 



Renovatinq Old Orchards 283-287 



Why are orchards barren? ■ . . 286-287 



CHAPTER VIII 



Accidents and Injuries 288-318 



Miscellaneous Injuries. . 289-299 



Depredations of live-stock . . ... . 289 



Birds . . . 289-290 



Rodents . . . - 290 



Girdled trees 290-292 



Hail injuries • 292 



Sun-scald 292-294 



Borers 294-296 



Cankers and bad spots; wounds . . 296—298 



Root-gaUs 298-299 



Winter-killing 299-307 



Winter-killing of the wood 299-304 



Frost cankers 304-305 



Winter-killing of the fruit-buds 306-307 



Injury by Frosts in the Growing Season . . . 307-317 

 What is an injurious degree of cold? 313-317 



The Effect of Rain on the Setting op Fruit . . . 317-318 



