xiv Contents 



CHAPTER IX 



The Spraying op Fbtiit-Plantations 319-363 



The Kinds of Difficulties 323-324 



Specific Remarks on Spraying 324^333 



Lists and Formulas 333-336 



Synopsis of the principal considerations in the choice of 



a power sprayer and nozzles 334—336 



Insecticides and Fungicides ... 336-343 



Leading Fruit Insects and Diseases That Are Con- 

 trolled BY Spraying . 343-361 



Arsenical Poisoning of Fruit Trees 361-363 



CHAPTER X 



Harvesting and Marketing the Fruit 364^422 



Picking Fruits .... 365-380 



When to pick . . 365-369 



Apples . . 366-367 



Pears 367-368 



Stone-fruits 368-369 



How to pick 370-374 



Ladders for picking 374r-377 



Fruit-pickers and harvesters 377—380 



Necessity of hand-picking . 380 



Caring for the Fruit After Picking 380-383 



Keeping records with the pickers 380-383 



The Grading and Packing of Fruit 383—407 



What is first-class fruit? 383-384 



The grading 384-385 



The packages 386-392 



How to pack 392-400 



Box-packing of fruits . 400-407 



Farm Packing-houses and Appliances 407-413 



Storing Fruits at the Farm 413-422 



Requisites for domestic storage without ice 415—418 



Farm storage buildings 418-422 



