210 
Manure, 39 
Manuring, 11, 158 
Marking, 19 
Matted row, 31 
Mulching, 46, 88, 147 
Ordering plants, 206 
Over-production, 112 
Overhead irrigation, 56 
Packing house, 86 
rules, 79 
Pedigree plants, 115 
Pickers’ rules, 75 
Picking, 73 
prices for, 77 
stands, 85 
Plant making qualities, 112 
Planting, 23, 145 
systems, 31 
Plants for the new bed, 151 
receiving, 22 
Plowing, 12 
fall, 13 
Poisons, 68 
Pollen, spread of, 119 
Pollination, 107, 116 
Pot-grown plants, 97 
for fall, 113 
Potted plants, convenience 
of, 103 
Power spraying, 71 
Profits, 135, 137 
Propagation, 110 
Red spider, 67 
Refrigerator crates, 85 
Renovating the old bed, 88 
Rolling, 17 
Root eaters, 61 
Runners, 150 
cutting, 49 
propagating, 111 
rooting in pots, 113 
INDEX 
Score card, 129 
Scoring and judging, 147 
Selection, Improvement by, 
116 
Shipping, 80 
Site, Selection of, 3 
Slope = level, 5 
Slug, 
Sod, ol, inadvisable, 7 
Soil, adapting, 9 
and fextilize 41 
ideal, 7 
Spraying, 60 
Spring planting, 148 
ee Possible cause of, 
Sian beries and vegetables 
together, 149 
Summer cultivation, 149 
planting, 28 
Tally checks, 77 
Tarnished plant bug, 66 
Temperatures under glass, 
106 
Thinning, 108 
Tillage, 51 
benefits of, 46 
Tools, 47 
Transportation, 86 
Trenching, 144 
Varieties for Pomological Dis- 
tricts, 204 
for special purposes, 190 
Water and health, 58 
quantity used, 45 
Watering, 146 
When to plant, 28 
White grub, 7, 61 
Yields, Probable, 136 
