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INDEX. 



Freights — cont. 



France II., 68 



New Zealand, meat from V., 493 



Russia (South) ... II., 455 



United States, wheat from Chicago VIL, 235 



FritHy VIII., 210 



Frost, action of, on turnips and swedes ... III., 127 



Frozen produce. See Refrigeration. 



Fruit : (See also Apples &c.) 



Area under small fruit, Great Britain ... 1895, II., 377 ; 1901, 



VIII. , 168 ; 1902, 



IX. , 202 ; 1903, X., 

 177. 



Cold storage t, 5 ; VI., 85 ; VIL, 40 ; IX., 516 



Co-operative sale of ... IX., 330 



Correspondence on railway rates IX., 229 



Crop 1895, II., 402 ; 1896, III., 365 



Evaporation of II., 257, 454 



Exports of preserved fruits and jams VIII., 71 



Farming I., 148 



Grading and packing X., 145 



Grazing" in orchards sprayed with poisonous washes ... IX., 193 

 Imports ... I., 115, 377 ; 1895, II., 97, 215, 259, 368, 403, 482 ; 1896, 



III., 90, 217, 329, 365, 436 ; 1897, IV., 124, 153, 438 ; 



1898, V., 153, 446 ; 1899, VI., 192, 463 ; 1900, VIL, 



181, 469 ; 1901, VIII., 189, 495 ; 1902, IX., 200, 504 ; 



1903, X., 182, 498. 



„ of fruit juice VL, 228 ; VIL, 244 



Manurial experiments VIL, 343, 347 



Packing ... II., 404 



Preservation VIII., 61 



Prices ... L, 139, 262, 386 ; II., 116, 250, 391, 403, 506 ; III., 107, 

 238, 346, 365, 458 ; IV., 139, 282, 424, 555 ; V., 139, 

 283, 426, 555 ; VL, 139, 283, 425, 554 ; VIL, 137, 282, 



425, 552; VIII., 139, 283, 426, 570 ; IX., 138, 283, 



426, 570 ; X., 139, 284, 428, 571. 



Trees, management of V., 1, 145, 319 



Spraying of ... VL, 1 



Washes against insect attacks II., 440 



Algeria, trade VL, 225 



Australia, exports IV., 467 



Government supervision of exports ... IV., 356 



South Australia, area under orchard VIII., 403 



Exports.. LL, 342 



Victoria, exportation VL, 89, 124, 251 



Fruit growing ILL, 48 



Canada, cold storage III., 302 



Exportation V., 91 



Fruit farming IV., 162 



Fruit Marks Act IX., 403 



British Columbia, fruit growing IV., 379 



Nova Scotia, fruit growing VL, 244 ; X., 110 



Ontario, area under orchard VL, 529 ; VIL, 524 



Cape Colony, importation ... ... ... ... ... X., 260 



France, co-operative preparation of preserves IV., 175 



Export from Cherbourg to United Kingdom „ VIII., 229 



Preparation of prunes ... VIII., 75 



Germany ... II., 197 



Hungary, fruit culture ... ... ... ... ... ... X., 539 



Number of fruit trees ... IV., 350 



