INDEX 
Marketing as Effective as 
Growing 92 
National School of 93 
Objects Aimed at in Sacking. 92 
Originality in Operation of . . 92 
Planting Plans For ‘Espaliers’ 91 
Sacking Fruit, a Common 
Practice 92 
Some Phases of 92 
The English and Germans 
Fettered by Formulae 92 
Work of the National Society 94 
French, The, Love Fruits and 
Flowers 94 
Fruit, 
As Affected by Soil 58 
As Stock Food 118 
Character of Influenced by 
Age of Tree 52 
Character of Influenced by 
Amount of Water 52 
Conditions Governing Produc- 
tion of 239 
Cost of Picking 117 
Defining First Grade 174 
First Grade, Separated Into 
Sizes, First Step 175 
Importance of Transportation 
to Production 239 
In the North, Buchanan 55 
Prices of Different Sizes 176 
Profitable to Grade to 
Sizes 174, 177 
Seasonal Variations in Char- 
acteristics 58 
The Marketing and Distribu- 
tion of 239 
vs. Hogs in Pennsylvania . . 148 
Ftuit Breeding, 
Examples of influence of Pol- 
len Parent 39 
Examples of Variable Prepo- 
tency 39 
For Good Shipping Qualities 70 
In Canada, How and When 
Begun 70 
Individual Trees May Not 
“Nick” as Desired 38 
323 
Influence of Grimes Over Old- 
enburg 39 
Influence of Patten Over 
Grimes 39 
In the Northwest Was First 
By Selection 38 
Later by Cross-breeding 38 
Laying the Foundations For 
a Stable Pomology 38 
Minnesota Farm, For 190 
Now Important Part of Fed- 
eral Work 70 
81 Promising Seedlings 
Named 70 
2000 Trees of Known Paren- 
tage ^0 
5000 Trees of One Parent 
Known 70 
Pollen Bearing Parent Most 
Influential 38 
Possibilities of, For State and 
Nation 38 
Principal Varieties Used in 
Northwest Breeding Work. 38 
Records For 15 Years of In- 
dividual Trees 70 
Soon Have Definite Data Up- 
on Pedigree Problem 70 
Source of the Iowa Brilliant. 38 
Source of Patten 38 
Source of the Silas Wilson.. 38 
Sources of Eastman 38 
The Problem For, In Minne- 
sota 190 
Trials by Elimination Being 
Made in unfavorable Terri- 
tory 70 
Various Kinds of Fruit Being 
Cross-bred 70 
With Pears 40 
With Plums 40 
Fruit Crop, 
Great Loss in Distribution.. 229 
Increase in Value of 118 
Fruit Crops, 
Leading of the Philippines. . . 89 
Fruit Culture, 
Character of Product vs. 
Transportation Facilities. . 239 
