12b 



INDEX. 



Pacl. 



Pear sawfly 57 



„ scab 70 



,, Standard, How to prune 39 



Pests of Currants 95 



,, Gooseberries 96 



J, Raspberries gS 



„ Strawberries 105 



„ Vines 114 



Phosphatic manures ' 51 



Plant food 47 



Plainting fruit trees, Depth for 31 

 ,, „ Distances 



for ... 28 



,, ., Finishing 36 



,, ,, Method of 29 



„ „ Time for 27 



,, Vines ... ... ... 107 



Plant lice (aphides) 56 



Plum leaf blight 75 



., rust 75 



,, pockets 75 



Plums, fungoid diseases ... 66 



,, injurious insects ... 54 



,, Pruning ... 43 and 82 



Plum weevil 57 



Potash 51 



Price of fruit trees ... ... 22 



Propagation of Currants ... 94 



Vines 113 



Pruning and fruit spurs ... 11 



,, after planting ... ... 37 



,, Apricots ... ... 80 



„ bush Apples and Pears 39 



,, Cherries ... ... 43 



,, cordons and espaliers 43 



,, Currants, black ... 93 



1, ,, red or white 91 



» Figs 84 



,, Gooseberries ... ... 95 



,, Nature's method of ... 38 



,, Nectarines 80 



,, Nuts ... ... ... 99 



,, Object of ... II and 37 



,, Peaches 80 



,, Plums 43 



,, pyramid Apples and 



Pears 40 



,, Ra.sp(berrics 98 



,, standard AppU"- and 



Pears 39 



,, Summer n 



,, Viines 108 



Pyramid tree. 



Page. 

 ... 40 



Rain, effect on fruit blossom ... 15 



Ramming after planting 29 and 3b 



Raspberries 98 



Pests of 98 



Raspberry beetle 99 



,, stem caterpillar ... 99 



,, spot 99 



Red Currants ... ... ... 91 



Red spider ... ... ... 57 



Renovating old fruit trees ... 85 



Ripening of the wood 7 



Risks to fruit ... ... ... 21 



Root-pruning ... ... ... 5 



Roots, effect of grass on ... ^ 

 ,, spreading out at planting 29 

 ,, Suckers from damaged... 32 

 Runners, Propagating Straw- 

 berries by 102 



Rust, Plum leaf 75 



Sale-rooms, Fruit trees at ... 23 



Sand in soil ... ... ... 24 



Sap-sucking insects 54, 55, and 5* 



,, ,, Insecticides for 55 



Sawfly, Apple (a 



,, Currant and Gooseberry 95 



,, Pear and Cherry ... 57 



Scab, Apple and Pear ;• 



Scalding of Grapes iii 



Scale, Currant 95 



Mussel ,7 



,, Oyster bark (14 



Seed, Fruit trees from 99 



Self-fertile and self-sterile fruit 



trees ... ... ... ... 16 



Shade, effect on fruit trees ... 7 



Shanking of Grapes iib 



Shoots, Insects that injure ... 64 



Shot-hole fungus ... ... 75 



Silver leaf disease rtj 



Site for orchard ... ... -'4 



Small ermine moths tx> 



Soil for Strawberries loi 



Soot as a fertiliser 51 



Soap wash ... ... ... 1;^ 



Spores of parasitir fungi ... (>; 



Stable manure 4i> 



., ,, Cost of ... 50 



Standards, How to prune ... 39 



Staking Irers 35 



