608 



INDEX 



Planting, advisability of use of 

 fillers in, 179 

 blueberrj^ 574 

 brambles, 539 



determining location of trees for, 

 190 



distances, and plans, 178 

 as affected by size of mature 



trees, 179 

 grape, 500 

 grapes, 501 



time of, 500 

 importance of cross-pollination 

 in selecting varieties for, 

 178 



picking dates of varieties as af- 

 fecting lists for, 178 



plans, and distances, 178 

 brambles, 537 



-preparing field for, 190 



preparing soil for, 190 



protection of trees while, 195 



season of, 173 



sources of trees for, 188 



staking field for, 190 



strawberries, 475 



systems, strawberries, 473 



time of, brambles, 533 



' strawberries, 472 



treatment of trees after, 196 



trees, 194, 195 

 use of manure in, 195 



value of dynamite in, 194 



value of peat moss in, 194 



varieties for, 174, 176 

 Plants, grape, securing, 500 

 Plowing, fall, 419 



spring, 419 

 Plum fertilizers, 438 



formation of fruit buds, 217 



fruiting habits, 213 



packing, 125 



Plum fertilizers, picking, 124 

 pruning, 259 



regions and varieties, 204 

 soil culture, 430 

 storing, 125 

 thinning, 452 



varieties, self-unfruitful, 398 

 Plums and prunes, production by 

 states, 126 

 yields, 127 

 Poisons, stomach, 274 

 Polishing fruit for exhibition, 459 

 Pollen, effect of, on fruit charac- 

 ters, 403 

 Pollenizers, apple, 403 



arrangement in orchard, 404 

 qualifications of good, 403 

 Pollination, and fruit setting, 390 

 cross, 393 

 as affecting selection of va- 

 rieties, 178 

 need of, 395 

 method of, 390 

 self, 393 



strawberries, 471 

 Power sprayer, 312 

 Precooling apples, 97 

 Precooling peaches, 118 

 Preparations, grafting, 387 

 Preparing for winter, 152 

 Pressure chamber, 315 

 Prices, and production of apples 

 in U. S. 1919-38, 98 

 of apples in N. Y. City, 101, 103 

 retail, 94 

 wholesale, 100 

 Production, and prices of apples in 

 U. S. 1919-38, 98 

 and value of cider and vinegar 



1933 and 1938, 106 

 apple, by states, 5 

 in U. S., 4 



