APPLE, the, 53, 118, 129. FRUIT-TREES. THE APPLE, chap. xxix, 139; fruit-trees form a distinguishing feature of Northern farms and holdings, 139; unequaled in that respect elsewhere, 140; our country north of the Potomac excels, in its supply of tree-fruits, all other portions of the earth's surface of equal area, 140; the Northern States admirably adapted to the apple and kindred fruit-trees, 140; effects of such adaptability, 140; give an orchard the northern slope of a hill where possible, 140; the one which blossoms latest, yields, on the average, most fruit, 141; storing ice to place under trees, not recommended, 141; importance of drainage, 145; some reasons for choosing sloping ground for an apple-orchard, 141; the soil for such, 142; preparation of the soil, 142-3; treatment and care of the land devoted to an orchard, 143-4; MORE ABOUT APPLE TREES, chap. xxv, 145; apple trees are planted too far apart, and allowed to grow too tall, 145; consequences, 145-6; trees should be set diamond fashion, 146; pruning should be attended to annually, 146; sprouts valueless, 147; the demands which apple-trees make on the soil should be supplied, 147; apple-trees in the township of Newcastle, Westchester, N. Y., 147; causes of their unproductiveness, 147-8; caterpillars and their ravages, 148; duties of farmers and fruit growers, 149; the abundant apple-crop of 1870, 149; establishes the capacity of our regions to bear Apples, 149, 191, 232, 291, 294; the apple-crop of 1870, as an illustration of the imperfect means of exchanging farm products, 297-8-9; loss to consumers and producers, 299-300. ARIZONA, 48. ARKANSAS, State of, 25, 36; the river, 73, 261; the upper river, 274. ARTESIAN WELLS, 77, 277-8, 316. ASHES as fertilizers, 108-9, 127, 128; use in preparing for an orchard, 142, 174. _See_ also FERTILIZERS, COMMERCIAL. ATLANTIC, the coast, 156, 178; seaboard, 220; slope, 76, 157, 213. AUSTIN, 46. AUSTRALIA, 138, 200, 238. AUTUMN, 89, 97, 99, 116, 124, 173, 178, 179, 192, 193, 202, 262. BABYLON, 266. BALSAM FIR, 58. BALTIMORE, 165. BARLEY, 245, 265. BARN, the use of stone recommended in building a, 216 BATAVIA YAMS, 271. BATTENKILL, 75. BEANS, 210, 271, 296. BEECH, 19, 53, 60, 287. BEEF, 37, 118, 220, 294. BEETS. _see_ ROOTS, also 143, 232, 264, 271. BELGIUM, 70, 238. BERRIES, 90. BIRCH, 60.