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INDEX 



fertilizers, grape, 507 



kinds for apple, 432 



need for apple, 432 



peach, 436 



pear, 438 



plum, 438 



quince, 438 



strawberries, 480 



use in planting trees, 195 

 Fertilizing trees, 410 

 Field, preparing for planting, 190 



staking for planting, 190 

 Figs, dried, production 1923-37, 

 105 



Fillers, advisability of use in or- 

 chard, 179 

 Fire blight, 356 

 Flotation sulfur, 283 

 Flour, 285 



Formation of fruit buds, 214 

 Forms of storage, apple, 54 

 Freight rates on apples from vari- 

 ous sections 1940, 99 

 Trost, avoidance of, in selecting 



orchard lands, 170 

 Trozen fruit, 148 

 cherries, 129 

 strawberries. 148 

 Truit and vegetable stands, apple 

 sales in N. Y. City 1937- 

 38, 84 

 Fruit auctions, 79 

 Fruit bud formation, 214 

 carbohydrates for, 219 

 Fruit buds, forming of, 207 

 injury from cold, 160 

 location of, 208 

 Fruit exhibits and judging, 454 

 Fruit grower. Shall I be a, 581 

 Fruit growing, selecting region for, 

 162 



Fruit judging, 459 



Fruit plants, propagating, 361 

 Fruit setting and pollination, 399 

 Fruit spurs, location of, 208 

 Fruit thinning, 443 

 Fruit trees, stocks for, 205 

 Fruiting habits of various fruits, 

 210 



Fruits, canned, production 1921-38, 

 107 



dried, production 1923-37, 105 - 

 self-fruitful, 394 

 self-unfruitful, 394 

 Functions performed in marketing, 

 77 



G 



Gas storage, 67, 146 

 Georgia carrier for peaches, 115 

 Girdled trees, treatment of, 156 

 Gooseberries, establishing planta- 

 tion, 563 



harvesting and marketing, 569 



insects and diseases, 569 



propagating, 383, 386 



pruning and training, 567 



soil culture, 568 



varieties, 565 



yields, 570 

 Gooseberries and currants, grow- 

 ing, 563 



Grade and age of trees for plant- 

 ing, 183 

 Grades, apple, 21 



as affected by soil types, 172 



causes of poor, 26 



of Eastern and Western on 

 N. Y. market 1937-38, 89 



U. S. Standard, 133 



Western box, 24 

 Grades and sizes, apples, 21 

 Grading apples, 33 



