INDEX 



611 



Shipments, peach, from producing 

 sections, 110 

 pear, 123 

 Shipping-point inspection, 95 

 Shipping strawberries, 487 

 Size of orchard enterprise, 165 

 Sizing machines, apple, 23 

 Skim milk, 285 



Slope, importance for orchard, 170 



Small fruits, growing, 467 



Soaps, 280 



Sod culture, 412 



Sod mulch, 413 



Soil, elements absorbed from, 218 

 elements often lacking in, 218 

 for grapes, 498 



importance of, in selecting or- 

 chard lands, 171 

 preparing, for brambles, 537 

 for planting, 190 

 Soil culture, apricot, 430 

 brambles, 540 

 cherry, 430 



currant and gooseberry, 568 



grapes, 503 



implements for, 426 



peach, 430 



pear, 431 



plum, 430 



quince, 431 



strawberries, 479 



systems of, 412, 415 

 Soil drainage, providing, 152 

 Soil management, costs of, 425 



implements for, 426 



strawberries, 479 

 Soils, and location, strawberries, 

 468 



as affecting grades of apples pro- 

 duced, 172 

 blackberry and dewberry, 532 

 raspberry, 532 



Sources of trees for planting, 

 188 



Spoilage as factor in apple market- 

 ing costs in N. Y. City 

 1937-38, 87 

 ''Spot" picking, apple, 12 

 Spray, cut-off, 329 

 gun, 325 



hormone, for apple picking, 13 

 hose, 329 



machinery and equipment, 304 



caring for, 352 



selecting, 339 

 materials, applying, 340, 342 



time of, 291 

 nozzles, 322 

 plant, stationary, 337 

 programs, 291 



cherry, 295 



pear, 294 

 residues, removing, 44 

 rod, 327 



schedule, apple, 292, 297 

 non-washing, 301 

 peach, 305 

 shape of, from nozzles, 324 

 types, 328 

 Sprayer, agitator, 321 

 engine, 318 

 hand, 334 

 power, 312 

 pump, 312 

 tank, 320 

 traction, 333 



transfer of material from tank 



to pump, 321 

 truck, 322 

 Sprayers, mechanical features, 312 

 Spraying, accessories, 330, 342 

 and dusting, comparative merits, 

 309 



planning facilities for, 341 



