8 CONTENTS. 
Packing Apples cowie 2 cee ey roe sete ae ec geeseee 59 
CHAPTER XVII. 
Profits in Apple Culture.—Shall We Plant More Orchards? 
—Losses from Theft___.....------------------------- 66 
CuaPTer XVIII. 
Winter Preparations _____._._...----------------------- --- 8 
sa CuapTer XIX. 
Injurious Insects... ---..---- »ssessse2ese sere seeeeeeen ee ets 15 
CHAPTER XX. 
Brera: ssaeneesceae eke a ouinsor ni out ee ehe eee esseaseeccs 77 
CHAPTER XXI. 
Godlin, Moth: 33.222s222cccce. sassoseeeresteadeens ceeeseee 85 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
A Model Apple Tree _.......--------------------- Frontispiece. 
Figure 1.—Tree-Placing Implement. ........--------------- 15 
Figure 2.—Shoulder of a Limb... .....--------------------- 84. 
Figure 3.—A Short Ladder ---_...---.--.-.---------------- 35 
Figure 4.—Twisted Branches in a Crotch -.-._--.---------- 41 
Figure 5.—Living Brace in a Crotch _._.---.--..----------- 42 
Figure 6.—Tree Prepared for Top-Grafting .... ----.------- ay 
Figure 7.—Grafting Kmife_.-..-...-.-.--..---------------- 48 
Figure 8.—Grafting Mallet _........-..-.-.------- -------- 49 
Figure 9.—A Scion......-----.  -. ceo Suse aes Sea Settee 50 
Figure 10.—Stub with Scions in Place.-.-..-.---..--------- 50 
Figure 11.==Picker c.cc2 cc 225 sarseseseesves os acesee cence 56 
Figure l2.— Picker 2.2222. = tJ scaceeneas ss snaseneee sees 56 
Figure)3.--Ho0ek 225 .a2%2n) vouneceoscka bes sedeeeenkece s 56 
Figure 14.—Beetle of Round-headed Borer -..-..-.---...---- 77 
Figure 15.—The Round-headed Borer -._.....-...--.--..--- vig 
Figure 16.—Saperda Cretata --.-........------------------- 82 
Figure 17.—The Beetle._......-.---.-----------------2---- 83 
Figure 18.—Flat-Headed Borer ; 
Figure 19.—Codlin Moth..........-...-.--2-..-----2----+--- 85 
