INDEX.

PART I.

A. Page. Apples ...... · · · ...... · · · · · 5 Apples, Alexander ...... 18 Apples•, Anisini ...... 5, 18 Apples, Antonovka ...... 18 Apples, Apple Growing in Minnesota ...... 1-80 Apples, Avista ...... 18 Apples, Ben Davis ...... 18 Apples, Bode ...... 19 Apples, Breskovka ...... 19 Apples, Brett ...... ' ...... 5, 19 Apples, Brier Sweet ...... 5, 19 Apples, Charlamoff ...... 5, 19 Apples, Christmas ...... 19 Apples,. Cross ...... : ...... ·" ...... 20 Apples, Cultivation ' ...... '. .. 9 Apple5', .Dartt's Hybrid ...... 20 Apples, Duchess ...... 5, 20 Apples, Early Strawberry ...... 5,20 Apples.,· Esteline ...... 5, 20· Apples, Fameuse or Snow ...... 21 Apples, Faribault ...... "· ...... 5 Apples, Florence ...... : ...... 5, 21 Apples, Forming the Tree ...... ~ .. 10 Apples" Gideon ...... ,. . , , ...... •.. 21 Apples, Gideo'n N ci. 6 ...... 5 Apples, Haas ...... 22 \ Apples, Hibernal ...... 5, 21 Apples, Hyslop ...... 22 Apples, Iowa Beauty ...... 22 Apples., Kaump ...... • . 23 Apples, Kursk Anis ...... 22 Apples, Long Arcade ...... 23 Apples, Longfield .... .,...... 5,23 Apples, Lowland Raspberry ...... 5,23 Apples, Lubsk Queen ...... 23 Apples, Lyman's Prolific .... ~ ...... 5, 24 Apples, l\1alinda ...... 5,,25 Apples, Martha ...... ·" ...... 5, 24· Apple5', Mary ...... ,. .. 24 Apples, McMahon ...... ; ...... : ...... 5,25 Apples, Milwaukee ...... 24 Apples, l\1innesota ...... 5, 24 Apples, Minnesota Gilbert ...... •. 21 Apples, Newell ...... ~. : ...... 5, 25 Apples, Northwestern Greening ...... •....•...... 5,25 240 INDEX. Page. ·Apples, Okabena ...... • ...... 5, 26 Apples, Ostrekoff ...... , ...... 26 Apples, Patten's Greening ...... 5, 26 Apples, Peerless ...... 5, 26 Apples, Peter ...... 27 Apples, Pewaukee ...... • ...... 27 Apples, Phoen1x No. 50 ...... · ...... • ...... 26 Apples, Planting ...... , ...... 7 Apples•, Plumb's Cider ...... 27 Apples, Pride of Minneapolis ...... : ...... 27 Apple Trees, Pruning...... 15 Apples, Ra ump ...... · 5 Apples, Red Siberi:an Crab...... 27 Apples, Repka Ma!enka ...... , ...... 5, 27 Apples, St. Lawrence ...... 28 Apples, Scott's Winter ...... 5, 28 Apples•,. Shields ...... 5 Apples, Scoulard Scab ...... 28 Apples, Sweet Russett . , ...... 5, 28 Apples, Tetofsky · ...... 5, 28 Apples, Transcendent ...... ~ ...... 5 Apples, Transcendent Crab ...... 29 Apples, Transparent ...... 28 Apples, University ...... 5, 29 Apples·, Utter ...... , ...... 29 Apples, ...... 5 Apples, Virginia Crab ...... 29 Apples, W:albridge ...... 29 Apples, Wealthy ...... , . . • ...... 5, 30 Apples, Whitney ...... • ...... 5, 30 Apples, Whitney No. 20...... 16 Apples, Wild Crab Seedling ...... 30 Apple Trees, Winter Protection...... 12 Apples, Wolf River ...... 5, 30 Apples, Yell ow Siberian ...... 30 Apples, Yellow Sweet ...... 5, 31 App.les, Yell ow Tmnsparent ...... 5

F. Fire Blight ...... •...... ·...... • . . . . • . 14 P. Pyrus baccata ...... , ...... 15 Pyrus 15 R. Root Killing , ...... • • . . . . . • . . • ...... • • . . . . • • • . . • • • ...... • • . 6 s. Sunscald 10 INDEX.

PART II. A. Page. Ammoniacal Copper Carbonate ...... •...... 98 Anthracnose, on Curnant ...... 104 Anthracnose, on Grape ...... : . ... . 121 Ants ...... •...... •...... 121, 164 Aphids ...... ,, ...... 58, 121 Apple A phis, A phis mali ...... ~- .... . 58 Apple A phis, winter condition ...... 79 Apple Curculio, Anthonomus quadrigibbus, winter condition ...... 80 Apple , Key to ...... 50 Apple Leaf Mirier, Tischeria malifoliella ...... 66 Apple Leaf Skeletonizer, Canarsia hammondi ...... 68 Apple Maggot, Trypeta pomonella ...... _...... 76 Apple , ·Sphinx gordius ...... 74 Apple Tree Borers ...... ·...... 55 Apple Tree Bucculatrix, Bucculatrix pomifoliella ...... 74 Apple Twig Borer, Amphicerus bicaudatus ...... 76 Army Worm ...... ; ...... • .. 122 Arsenate of Lead ...... 99 Arsenic Bran Mash ...... 99 Arsenite of Lime ...... 100 Ars'eni te of Soda ...... 100 · Asparagus Rust ...... 122

B. Bed f3ugs_ ...... 122 Benzine ...... 100 Bisulfid of Carbon...... 100 Bitter Rot of Apple...... 104 Black Knot of Plum ...... ·...... 122 Black Rot on Plum·...... • ...... 10·4 Blight on Cantaloupe . ·...... 104 Blight on Celery ...... 104 Blight on. Pear ...... • ...... 104 Blight on Plum ...... 104· Blight on Potatoes ...... 105, 124 Blight on Strawberry ...... , ...... • ...... • . 105 Blight on Tomatoes ...... 105 Blissus leucopterus ...... , .... _...... 11 Borax ...... 101 Bordeaux Mixture ...... _...... 101 Bordeaux Mixture and Paris Green...... 105 Bordeaux Resin Mixture ...... , ...... 105 Box Elder Bug ...... ; . .. .. 122 Bran :Mash ...... , ...... 105 Bud ...... 68, 62 Buffalo Tree-hopper, Ceresa bubalus ...... - ..•. 52, 122 Bumble Flower Beetle, Euphoria inda...... 78 24~ INDEX. c. Page. Cabbage Butterfly ...... 17:7 Cabbage JVI1aggotsi ...... 12·2 Cabbage Worms, see colored plate, also...... 122 ..:amphor ...... 105, 115 Canker on Apple ...... 104 Canker Worm, fall, Anisopteryx pometa.ria...... 69 Oanker Worm, winter condition ...... 79 Canker Worm, spring, Paleacrita vernata...... 62 Carbon Bisulfid ...... 105 Carpoglyphus passularum ...... 158 Cecidomyia ·destructor ...... , ...... 1 Cecropia Moth, Attacus cecropia, see also colored plate ...... 71, 172 · Cecropria Moth, winter condition...... 80 Cherry Insects, Key to ...... 94 Cherry Leaf Beetle, Galerucella cavicollis...... 96 ·Cherry Tree Plant Louse ...... 96 Cherry Tree Scale ...... , . . . . . 96 Chinch Bug ...... , ...... 11 Clothes Moth . ; ...... 166 Cockroaches ...... 162 Codling Moth ...... 75, 76, 122 Codling Moth, winter conditioff...... 79 Confused. Flour Beetle...... 169 Copper Acetate ...... 106 Copper Carbonate ...... ~ ...... 106 Copper Sulphate ...... 106 Correspondents, Reports from...... 43 Corros-ive Sublimate ...... , . . 107 Creolin ...... : ...... 108 Criddle Mixture ...... 24, 108 Crude Petroleum ...... 108 Cucumber Beetle ...... 123 Cucumber Beetle, striped...... 160 Cupr1am ...... 109 Currant Worms ...... 123 Cut Worms ...... 69, 161, 178 Cyclone Sprayer .... '...... 155 D. Divaricated Buprestis, Dicera divaricata...... 82 Dog Day Cicada, Cicada tibicen ...... : . 95 Dust Spraying ...... 154 E. Eight-spotted Forester, see colored plate,. also...... 174 Eyed Elater, Alaus oculata...... 56 Eye-spotted Bud Moth; Tmetocera ocellana...... 62 F; Fall Web Worm ...... :...... 64 Fire Blig·ht ...... 123 Flat-headed Borer, Chrysobothris femorata...... 55 Flax Wilt ...... 123 Flea-like Negro Bug, Corimelaena ...... 1. • • • • • • • 152 INDEX. 243 Page. Fleas ...... 123 Flour, Acidity ...... 195 Flour, Ash ...... ·...... 191 Flour, Baking Tests ...... •...... 195 Flour, Bleaching ...... 215 Flour, Bleaching and Storage...... 213 Flour, Bread Quality...... 199 Flour, Color ...... 198 Flour, Composition and Bread Making...... 189 Flour, Gli1adin ...... 194 Flour, Gluten ...... 195 Flour, Gluten Ex·pansion ...... 198 Flour, Moisture ...... 190 Flour,. Nitrogen and Crude Protein...... 193 Flour, Relative Protein Content...... 203, 210 Flour, Relative Value of Graham, Entire Wheat and Straight.. 218 Flour, Storage and Bleaching...... 213 Flour, Straight, Reliative Value of...... 218 Flour,. Value of ...... 189 Forest Tent Caterpillar, see colored plate, ·also...... 1'75 Formalin ...... 109 Fruit Bark Beetle, Scolytus regulosus...... 57 G. Gasoline ...... 109 Graham Flour, Relative Va-Jue o.f...... '...... 218 Grain Plant Louse ...... '...... 152 Gr!as7hoppers ...... 20 Grasshopper Law ...... 20 Green Fruit Worm, Xylina antennata...... 77 Green Aphis ...... 58 Green Arsenoid ...... 109 Gum Camphor ...... 110 H. Harvest Fly, Cicada...... 95 Hellebore ...... 110 Hessian Fly ...... 1 Hydrocyanic-acid Gas ...... , ...... 110 I. Identification of Insects ...... ~...... 125 Imbricated Snout Beetle, Epicaerus imbricatus...... 60 Insecticides and Fungicides ...... , ...... 98 Inspection Laws, different states and Canada...... 135 Inspection Law, Nursery ...... ,...... 130 Io Emperor Moth, Hyperchiria io ...... 71, 72 Iron Sulphate and Sulphuric Acid ...... · 112 J. June Bug 75, 86 K. Kerosene ...... 112 Kerosene Emulsioti ...... 113 Kerosene Milk Emulsion ...... ,...... 113 ~ '1 I I

244 INDEX. Page. Key for Orchardists and Nurserymen ...... 50 Key to Apple Insects ...... 50 Key to Cherry Insects ...... 94 Key to Pear Insects ... : ...... 90 Key to Plum Insects ...... 81 L. Lead Arsenate ...... 114 Leaf Crumpler, Mineola indigenella ...... , .... . 61 ·Leaf Crumpler, winter condition ...... 80 Leaf Hopper, Empoasca mali ...... 148 Leaf Hopper, E. albopicta ...... ; ...... 59 Leaf Roller, Cacoecia rosaceana ...... 61 Leaf Roller, Teras minuta ...... 68 Leggett London Purple Gun ...... : ...... 155 Lime ...... 114 Lime Sulphur S1alt ...... : ...... 114 Liver of Sulphur ...... 115 London Purple ...... 115 Lye ...... · · · ······ ·· ·· · ·· · · ···· · · · ·· · · · ·· ·· · 115 M. Mailing Insects ...... 171 M1ay Beetle, Lachnosterna fusca ...... 75,86 M erisus destructor ...... 10 Mildew, Cucumber, Squash, Melon ...... ·...... 123 Mildew on Gooseberries ...... 104 Milk, Digestive Action of...... '.... . 234 Mite, A troublesome ...... 157 Mosquitoes ...... •...... 169 Moth .Balls ...... , ... . 115 Mourning Cloak, see colored plate, also· ...... 175 N. N apthaline ...... 115 Nectarophora cerealis, N. granaria ...... 154 Weevil, lthycerus noveboracensis ...... 61 Nursery Account ...... 133 Nursery Inspection ...... 130 Nurserymen, Key for ...... 50 o. Oak Leaf Miner, Lithocolletis hamadryadella .. ~'...... 168 Onion l\1aggots ...... 124 Onion Smut ...... ' ...... 123 Orange-striped Oak Worm, see colored plate, also ...... 176 Orchardists and Nurserymen, ·Key for ...... : ...... 50 Oyster-shell Bark Louse, Mytilaspis pomorum .. : ...... '...... 54 P. Palm er Worm, Y psolophus palmotellus ...... 65 Plaragrene ...... · ...... 115 Paris Green ...... 115 Paris Green, Poor ...... : ...... :'...... , ...... 33 Pear Blight ...... , ...... 123 Pear Blight Beetle, Xyleborus xylographus ...... 60 INDEX. 245 Page. Pear Insects,, Key to...... 90 Pear Leaf Blister, Phytoptus pyri...... 93 Pear Tree Slug ...... 92 Petroleum ...... • ...... 116 Pigeon Tremex, Tremex columba...... 91 Pistol Case Bearer, Coleophora malivorella ...... 62 Pistol Case Bearer, winter condition ...... 79 Plant Lice ...... 58, 66 / Plant Lice in Nursery, Treatment of...... 135 Plum Curculio ...... 88 Plum Geometer, Eumacaria brunnerria ...... 84 Plum Gouger ...... 89 Plum Insects, Key to...... 81 Plum Leaf Aphis ...... 84 . Plum Lecanium ...... '...... 83 Plum Pockets ...... 104, 124 Pluin Tree Borer, Sesia pictipes ...... 84 Plum Tree Catocola, Catocola ultronia ..... : ...... 87 Plum Tree Sphinx, Sphinx drupiferarum ...... , ...... 86 Polyphemus Moth, Telea polyphemus ...... 70, 71, 87 Postal Law ...... 171 Potassium Sulfid ...... 116 Potato Beetle ...... 162 Potato Blight ...... 124 Potato Scab ...... • ...... 124 Prionus, Prionus l.aticollis...... 51 Promethea Moth ...... ·...... 97 Pyrethrum ...... : ...... 117 Red Humped Apple Tree Caterpillar, Oedemasia concinna...... 65 Red Spider ...... • ...... 120 Resin Bordeaux ...... ·...... 117 Resin Lime Mixture...... 117 Resin Soap ...... 118 Resplendent Shield Bearer, Aspidisca splendoriferella...... 67 Chafer, M acrodactylus subspinosus...... 90 Rot, Brown, Monilia fructigena...... 124 Rough Osmoderma; Osmoderma scabra...... 56 Round-headed Borer, Saperda candida...... 55 Rust ...... 124 s. Saccharate of ,Copper ...... ·...... 119 San Jose Scale, Aspidiotus perniciosus...... 53, 77 Scab on Apple...... • ...... 104 Scab on Potato ...... ' 109 Scales ...... • • . • ...... 124 Scurfy Bark Louse, Chionaspis furfurus...... 54 Scheele Green ...... 119 Shot-hole Fungus on Plum...... • • ...... • . . . • . . . • 104 Smut ...... • . . . • • . . . . • ...... • •• . • .• • • •• •• • . . . . 124 Smut on Grains...... 109 Soap ...... •.....·...... • ...... • ...... 119 Sow Bugs ...... • ...... • ...... 124 Sphinx ...... •• '...... • . . • . 173 Squ:ash Bug ...... , ....•...••.....•...... 124, 129 246 INDEX. Page. Stag Beetle, Lucanus dama ...... 94 Strawberry Insects, Two ...... 151 Strawberry Weevil ...... 151 Sugar, Caused a More Economic Use of the Proteids in the Ration ...... 230 oo• Sugar, Consumption of ...... ~J.l Sugar, Cost of, as a Nutrient ...... 233 Sugar, Dietary, in the ...... 232 ' Sugar, Digestibility of Rations ...... 225 Sugar, Experiments,, Objects of ...... 225 Sugar, Experiments, Plan of ...... •.... 225 Sugar, Food Value of ...... 225 Sugar, Nitrogen Balance ...... 229 Sugar, Nutrient, as a ...... ·...... 231 T. Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus pratei:sis ...... 85 Tent Caterpillar, Clisiocampa americana ..... '· ...... 63 Tent Caterpillar, winter condition ...... 79 Tentless or Forest Tent Caterpi1lar, C. distria, see colored plate, also ...... · ·. · · · · · · · · · · ··· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 73 Tobacco ...... ,, .. 120 Turpentine ...... , •... 120 Tussock Moth, see colored plate ...... 85 v. Viceroy, Basilarchia archippus ...... '...... 87 w. Washing Soda ...... 115 Whale Oil Soap...... 120 Wheat, 'Egyptian Ancient Composition...... 211 Wheat, Offals ...... 202 Wheat, Relative Protein Content ...... 203-210 Whe'ats, Glutenous and Sta'rchy ...... "...... 179 White Ar,senoid ...... 121 Winter condition of some Apple Insects...... 79 Woolly A phis, Brian ch form, Schizoneura lanigera ...... 58, 125 Woolly Aphis, Root form, Schizoneura lanigera . .. · ...... 50, 125 Y .. Yell ow Necked Caterpillar, Datana ministra . ... : ...... 65 z. Zebra Caterpillar, see colored plate, also...... 173