INDEX 



609 



Production, canned apples and 

 applesauce by states 1921- 

 38, 106 



canned fruits 1921-38, 107 



cherry, by states, 127 



commercial, strawberries, 469 



dried fruits in U. S. 1923-37, 105 



grapes, 496 



peach, by states, 111 



pear, by states, 122 



plums and prunes, by states, 126 

 Programs, spray, 291 

 Propagating, by cuttings, 383 



by layers, 386 

 Propagating fruit plants, 361 

 Providing soil drainage, 152 

 Prunes, 125 



and plums, production by states, 

 126 



dried, production 1923-37, 105 

 Pruning, 225 



and training, brambles, 543 



currants and gooseberries, 567 

 apple, 232 

 apricot, 261 

 blueberry, 575 

 cherry, 256 

 costs, 264 

 extent of, 226 

 grapes, 511 



time of, 519 

 old bearing trees, 229 

 peach, 247 

 pear, 244 

 plum, 259 

 quince, 263 

 rejuvenation, 241 

 roots of nursery trees, 189 

 shears, grapes, 519 

 tests, grapes, 518 

 time of, 225 

 tools, 230 



Pruning, wounds, protecting, 243 

 young Gearing trees, 228 

 3^oung non-bearing trees, 226 



Pump, sprayer, 312 



Pump cylinders, 314 



Pump specifications, 314 



Purchasing trees for planting, 182 



Purple raspberry, see Raspberry, 

 purple 



Pyrethrum, 280 



Q 



Quality of apples as influencing 



package, 17 

 Quantity of apples purchased by 

 consumers in N. Y. City 

 1937-38, 86 

 Quince, fertilizers, 438 

 formation of fruit buds, 217 

 packing and storage, 132 

 picking, 132 

 propagating, 386 

 pruning, 263 



regions and varieties, 204 

 self-fruitful varieties, 401 

 soil culture, 431 

 yields, 133 

 Quincunx system of orchard plant- 

 ing, 181 



R 



Rabbits, protecting trees from, 154 

 Rainfall as factor in selecting 



region for orchard, 163 

 Raisins, dried, production 1923- 



37, 105 

 Raspberry, black, 529 

 determining size of enterprise, 



532 



fertilizers, 542 



