424 
Pear-leaf-blight — Continued. 
GHZ. experiments with 
stocks, 11, 646; French pear 
stocks, t1, 646-649; Japan 
pear stocks, 11, 649; notes 
on, 38, 367, 11, 648, 645, 652, 
12, 702, 14, 380; remedy, 
4 Sel 
blister mite injury on, 25, 315. 
brownness, notes on, 3, 368. 
yellow, notes on, 3, 369. 
midge, 14, 600; experiments in pre- 
vention, 15, 614; kainit for pre- 
vention of, 15, 615; muriate of 
potash for prevention of, 15, 616; 
parasite of, 15, 618; repellants 
for, 15, 618; salt for prevention 
of, 15, 616. 
mites, study of, 25, 20, 297. 
notes on varieties, 7, 103. 
psyllia, 14, 3861; effect of sulphur 
washes on, 24, 318; notes and 
remedies, 23, 223; remedy for, 
14, 362. 
scab, bibliography, 12, 711; cause 
of, 12, 703; cost of treatment, 
12, 701; dates of spraying, 12, 
696; experiments in preventing, 
12, 694; method of spraying, 12, 
697; notes on, 3, 367, 14, 360; 
number of sprayings, 12, 704; 
occurrence, 18, 209; potassium 
sulphide for, 6, 850; remedy for, 
14, 860; results of experiments, 
12, 709; spraying early for, 12, 
709; summary of experiments, 
12, 711; treatment, 9, 337. 
Pear stocks, American, 11, 651; French, 
11, 646; Japan, 11, 649. 
slug, 14, 362, 381. 
trees, analyses of, 10, 1638; compo- 
sition, 10, 1683-173; nursery cel- 
lar trouble, 20, 17, 148; plant 
food constituents used by, 24, 
361; stored, injured by rapid 
thawing, 20, 145. 
Pears and apples, ‘ belted,’ 14, 544. 
effect of lime-sulphur-salt wash on, 
21, 294, 295, 300. 
fertilizers for, 14, 111. 
fertilizing materials contained in, 
14, 93. 
plant food constituents in, 24, 372, 
373. 
varieties killed by blight, 8, 340. 
tested, 3, 20, 7, 91, 98, 8, 349, 
356, 9, 346, 12, 609, 14, 
267, 15, 286. 
winter injury to, 15, 418. 
Peas, 12, 575. 
and oats as food for milch cows in 
time of drought, 15, 65. 

INDEX TO First TWENTY-FIVE REPORTS. 
Peas, canned, cause of swelling deter- 
mined, 23, 53; effect of heating, 
23, 60; fermentation in, note, 23, 
16; fermentation in, summary of 
work, 22, 25; gas formation in, 
investigation, 21, 18; swelling. 
and decomposition, study, 238, 47. 
canning, statistics, 23, 47, 48. 
classification of, 3, 238. 
crossbred, 4, 215. 
fertilization, 3, 236. 
fertilized, 2, 206, 
description of varieties, 3, 242, 6, 
330, 7, 134, 8, 318, 97) ceapeeee 
479. 
distance test, 2, 205. 
early vs. late ripening seed, 3, 231. 
fertilizer trial, 8, 236. 
fertilizers for, 14, 111. 
fertilizing materials contained in, 
14, 93. 
for forage, best varieties, 9, 357. 
from seeds in order in pod, 4. 216. 
germination of, 2, 60, 28, 358. 
index to varieties, 3, 277. 
influence of selection on earliness, 
2, 204. 
losses in canning, 23, 48. 
mulching preventive of mildew, 4, 
PA 
notes on varieties, 6, 3380, 7, 154. 
pinching terminal shoots, 4, 215. 
plant food constitvents in, 24, 374. 
planting sprouted seeds, 4, 216. 
processing to destroy bacteria, tem- 
perature, 23, 57. 
ripe vs. green seed, 3, 232. 
seed from productive and unproduc- 
tive plants, 3, 233. 
treatment for pea weevil, 2. 206. 
use of seed from good and poor 
pods, 2, 204. 
variety tests, 1, 139, 2, 196, 3, 228, 
4, 212, 5; 247, 7, 131, 8, 319, 10, 
480. 
weevil eaten, vegetation of, 3, 236. 
Pepper seeds, germination of, 2, 61. 
Peppermint, garden, plant food con- 
stituents in, 24, 375. 
wild, plant food constituents in, 24, 
375. 
Peppers, 12, 580. 
from seeds of different 
gravity, 23, 373. 
variety test, 1, 137, 2, 192, 3, 221, 
4, 204, 5. 244. 
Pepsin, commercial, action on paracasein 
dilactate, 22, 202. 
use in cheese ripening, 22, 200. 
digestion and natural digestion, 5, 
348. 
method of artificial 
340. 
specific 
digestion, 4, 
