The 



Encyclopedia of Practical 



Horticulture 



A Reference System of Commercial 



Horticulture 



Covering the Practical and Scientific 

 Phases of Horticulture with Special 

 Reference to Fruits and Vegetables 



Editor-in-Chief 

 GRANVILLE LOWTHER 



Associate Editor 

 WILLIAM WORTHINGTON 



Assisted by the best known scientific and practical horticulturists 

 throughout the country, and particularly in the Northwest . . . 



Illustrated 



Volume 111 



PUBLISHED BY 



THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE CORPORATION 



W M. FLEMING, President 



NORTH YAKIMA WASHINGTON, U. S A 



