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GENERAL INDEX. 
Codling Moth, 66. 
Crab, wild species of, 57. 
Cranberry, description of and value, 287 ; its culture profitable, 288. 
Cross-breeding, 9. 
Curculio, 358 ; habits of, 354 ; how to destroy, 355. 
Currant, its history and use, 282 ; propagation and culture, 282 ; varieties of, 288 
ornamental, 286. 
Curl, the, in peach trees, 604. 
Cuttings, to propagate by, 26. 
Cucumber Bug, the, 686. 
Duration of varieties, 701. 
De Candolle, remarks on decay of varieties, 702. 
Deep planting to be avoided, 45. 
Disbarking and ringing, 34. 
Eyes, or Buds, to propagate by, 27. 
Fig, its history, 288 ; its secret blossom, 289 ; propagation, 289 ; soil and culture, 289 
oiling the fruit, 290 ; varieties, 291. 
Filbert, varieties of, 349. 
Fire Blight, 412. 
Frozen-Sap Blight, 414. 
French Standard Names, key to, 711. 
Fruit, production of new varieties, 1. 
Fruitfulness increased by root-pruning, 32 ; by bending the limbs, 34. 
Glands of the Peach, 606. 
Gooseberry, description and uses of, 294; propagation and culture, 295; varieties, 296; 
list of new English, 298 ; selection of, for garden, 299. 
Grafting, uses of, 12 ; proper time for, 13 ; scions selected, 13 ; stock for, 13 ; theory of, 
14 ; confined to certain limits, 14 ; its manual operation, 15 ; splice and tongue 
grafting, 15 ; cleft grafting, 17 ; grafting the vine, 18 ; saddle grafting, 18. 
Grafting Clay, 19. 
Grafting-Wax, 19. 
Graft, its influence on the stock, 26. 
Grape, history of, 299 ; uses and soil, 300 ; propagation, 801 ; culture of foreign, 302 ; 
renewal system, 303 ; culture under glass, without heat, 304 ; soil for vinery, 
304 ; pruning, 305 ; routine of culture, 306 ; thinning the fruit, 806 ; culture 
under glass, with fire-heat, 307 ; construction of vinery, 307 ; the border, 308 ; 
the spur system of pruning, 309 ; diary of Mr. O Johnson, 310 ; insects and 
diseases peculiar to, 317 : varieties, 318 ; selection of foreign for cold vinery, 
346. 
G.ape Beetle, 332. 
Hickory Nut, 348. 
Hybridising, 9 ; limits of, 10. 
Inoculating Fruit Trees, 19. 
Insects, remarks on, 51 ; to destroy by hand-picking, 52 ; larvae, or grubs, 53 ; salt, a 
remedy for, 53 ; to destroy in the winged state, 53. 
Insect Blight, 413. 
Knight, his mode of raising new varieties, 701 ; his theory on the decay of varieties, 701. 
Knots Disease, fatal to plum, 356. 
Layers, propagating by, 28. 
Laying in by the heels, 47. 
Lemons and Limes, 694. 
Lime, a cure for peach-borer, 597, 
Loams, best adapted for plantations, 48. 
Longevity of Peach Trees, 595 (note). 
Longworth, Mr. N., his zeal in grape culture, 331. 
Madeira Nut, 348. 
Manure for fruit trees, 45. 
Melon, its history and culture, 686; insects attacking, 6S6; Persian, culture of, 687: 
varieties, 687. 
