INDEX 



597 



Application of spray materials, 



291, 340 

 Applying dust materials, 348 

 Applying fertilizers, 436 

 Apricot, dried, production 1923-37, 



105 



fertilizers, 438 

 fruiting habits, 212 

 pruning, 261 



regions and varieties, 204 



soil culture, 430 

 Apricot and peach, self-fruitful va- 

 rieties, 401 

 Arsenate, calcium, 275 



lead, 274 



zinc, 276 

 Association, collective selling, 73 

 Auction selling, 79 



B 



Barium tetrasulfide, 284 



Bark grafting, 371 



Barrel, apple, specifications of, 19 



for apple packing, 18 



packing apples in, 142 



U. S. Standard, 141 

 Baskets, climax, U. S. Standard, 

 142 



for apple packing, 18 



packing in, 43 



picking, apple, 7 



splint, U. S. Standard, 142 

 Bearing apple trees in U. S., 164 

 Bees, distance pollen carried, 407 



for cross-pollination, 404 



number colonies required for 

 cross-pollination, 406 

 Berry boxes, U. S. Standard, 142 

 Black leaf 40, 277 

 Black raspberry, 529 



dried fruit, 557 



Black raspberry, fertilizers, 542 



harvesting and marketing, 553 



insects and diseases, 551 



life of plantation, 557 



planting, 539 



planting plans, 538 



preparing soil, 537 



propagating, 386 



pruning and training, 545 



securing plants, 533 



soil culture, 540 



varieties, 560 

 selecting, 535 



yields, 558 

 Blackberry, 531 



determining size of enterprise, 

 532 



fertilizers, 542 



harvesting and marketing, 556 



insects and diseases, 551 



life of plantation, 557 



planting, 539 



planting plans, 538 



preparing soil, 537 



pruning and training, 547 



securing plants, 534 



soil culture, 540 



soils for, 532 



time of planting, 533 



varieties, 560 

 selecting, 535 



yields, 558 

 Blossoming branches, use of, for 



cross-pollination, 409 

 Blossoms, injury from cold, 160 



number in fruit buds, 209 

 Blueberry, controlling birds, 577 



establishing plantation, 573 



fertilizers, 575 



growing, 571 



harvesting and marketing, 579 

 insects and diseases, 577 



