ts.
VIII. Eggplant Insects.
IX. Insects Injurious to Carrot, Celery, Parsnip, etc.
X. Asparagus Insects.
XI. Corn Insects.
XII. Sweet Potato Insects.
XIII. Onion Insects.
XIV. Insects Injurious to Minor Vegetable Crop.
XV. Cut-worms and Army Worms.
XVI. Blister-Beetles.
XVII. Flea-Beetles.
XVIII. Unclassified Pests.
XIX. Insects and Insecticides.

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York

A NEW VOLUME IN THE RURAL SCIENCE SERIES

EDITED BY L. H. BAILEY

Peach-Growing

BY H. P. GOULD

Pomologist in charge of Fruit Production Investigations
Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture

_Illustrated, 12mo, $2.00_

Here is a book which covers the general field of growing peaches and
placing them within reach of the consumer.

It is practical. It is detailed. It is a handbook for peach-growers of
North and East, as well as South and West.

Peach literature has been notably limited, except for experiment
station bulletins and reports. This book gathers into one compact,
fully illustrated volume the principles and practice of successful
peach production.

CONTENTS

I. Historical Notes.
II. Economic Status and Extent of the Peach Industry.
III. Location and Site of the Orchard.
IV. Propagation of Peach Trees.
V. Details of Planting an Orchard.
VI. Orchard Management.
VII. The Tillage of Peach Orchards.
VIII. Inter-planted Crops.
IX. Fertilizers for Peach Orchards.
X. Pruning Peach Trees.
XI. Insect and Disease Control.
XII. Thinning the Fruit.
XIII. Irrigating Peaches.
XIV. A Consideration of Adverse Temperatures.
XV. Annual Cost Factors in Growing Peaches.
XVI. Peach Varieties, Botany and Classification.
XVII. Picking and Packing the Fruit.
XVIII. Transportation, Storage, Marketing.

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York

The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

EDITED BY L. H. BAILEY

_WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OVER 500 COLLABORAT