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Index 



Illinois, advantages and disad- 

 vantages, 107 

 regional description, 50-53 

 Implements used in cultivation, 



165 

 Increased demand, 10 

 Inflation, apple land values, 8 

 Ingram, 424 



Insect pests of the apple, 206-216 

 Insects, in selection of site, 122- 



123 

 Insecticides, 238 

 Inspection at point of origin, 



332-333 

 Insulation, 306-312 

 Intensive farms, 133-140 

 Inter-crops, use of, 153-154 

 Internal browning, 223 

 Investment costs, 363 

 Iowa, heavy plantings, 56»-59 

 Irrigated districts, amount of 

 water, 181-182 

 characteristics of 173-177 

 choosing of, 177-181 

 Irrigation, 172-185 

 methods of, 183-185 

 number of applications, 182- 



183 

 time of, 182 



Jelly manufacturing, 355 

 Johnson's Fine Winter, 400 

 Jonathan,! 399 

 Jumble pick, 304 



Kansas, heavy plantings, 56-59 



Kentucky, 48 



Kiln evaporators, 351 



King David, 440 



Kraus, work of, 189-191 



Kraybill, work of, 189-191 



Labor conditions, 128-129 



cost of, 359-360 



efficiency of, 373 



Seasonal distribution, 367 

 Lady, 426 



Leguminous cover-crop, 160 

 Lepidosaphes uVmi, 211 

 Leptothyrium pomi, 217 

 Lewis, C. I., quoted, 195-198 

 Lewiston district, 75 

 Lime, value of, 192 



sulfur, 241 



dry, 245-246 



home-made 242-244 

 Locality, choosing of, 100-131 

 Loess apple belt, 56-57 

 Longevity of orchards, 121-122 

 Long Island Russet, 408 

 Loppers, 278 



Low prices, danger of, 134 

 Lowry, 439 

 Lump-sum buyers, 315 

 Lygtdea mendax, 214 



Magnum Bonum, 434 



Maiden Blush, 431 



Maine, apple industry in, 33 



Malacosoma americana, 214 



Malus communis, 27 



, sylvestris, 27 



Mammoth Black Twig, 411 



Market, proximity to, 118-119 



Massachusetts, apple industry in, 

 33 



Materials, cost of, 372 



Mcintosh, 430 



Mechanical sizers, 307 



Mice, meadow, 223 

 pine, 224 



Michigan, regional description, 

 49-50 



Michigan, western, advantages 

 and disadvantages, 106-107 



Middle West, early development 

 of apple, 23 



Mill shavings, insulation, 312 , 



Milton-Freewater district, 73 



Minnesota, 80 



Miscible oils, 245 . 



Mississippi Valley region of Illi- 

 nois, 52 



