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Excerpt from A Manual on the Culture of Small Fruits For the ordinary purposes of the garden and market there is no mystery involved. Ill-success usually arises from the lack of a little practical knowledge and from neglect - or from leaving the care of the plants to the hired man who may have an antipathy to everything save cabbages and potatoes. But a fraction of the money that supplies a household from the market with fruit that is often but half ripe or half decayed, would stock the garden with the choicest varieties. Besides, the most delicate and luscious kinds are the most easily grown usually. But they are not often found in market because too soft for transportation. They may be picked from our own gardens daily with the dew upon them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Smith's Guide to Small Fruit Culture and Price List of Plants, 1891 Thanking you one and all for your kind words and patronage the past year, we take pleasure in introducing you to the beautiful child we call 1891. We trust that he will give us an experience that will be more profitable and accept able than did his predecessor 1890. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Handy Book Fruit Culture Under Glass The culture under glass of the fruits treated on in this book, has, in some instances, been included in larger and more compendious works on horticulture in general; and on the other hand, various smaller works have appeared, each occupied exclusively by one fruit But there is not, so far as I am aware, any book of moderate size in which the forcing and general culture of these fruits collectively is discussed. The present Handy Book has been written with a view to supplying this want; and the Author indulges the hope that, compact as it is, it will be found to contain every necessary detail with regard to such culture. In writing it, he has kept specially in view the requirements of inexperienced amateurs who wish to superintend their own fruit-houses, and of young gardeners entering on the study of their profession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Ten Years' Practical Experience in Grape and Small Fruit Culture There are a good many farmers and small land owners land who are of the opinion that a soil especially fit for grape growing is required from the commencement. This is erroneous. Every dryish soil that will grow good corn, or potatoes, is good enough. Vines are to be cultivated with success throughout the entire Indian corn-growing region, on the heaviest soils and in the lightest gravel, on the rocky hill-sides of New England and in the alluvial bottom lands of the West, from Maine to California. In every one of the five principal grape-growing regions of the Union, namely, the Ohio Valley (Cincinnati), Lake Shore (Lake Erie), Pleasant Valley (New York), Hermann (Missouri), and California regions, six years vine culture has not very seldom enhanced the value and price of ordinary farm land from $50 to $500 per acre, but it has never lessened its worthiness and market price. Vineyards are foremost in the class of improved lands, and their superiority, as far as rentability is concerned, cannot be doubted. In this respect, I would say, like the author of "My Vineyard at Lakeview," (New York, 1866, Orange Judd & Co.), to every one who is the owner of a farm, or even of a garden of the smallest dimensions: "Try a few vines; the task may lead to more successful results than you have any conception of." And why? There is no plant in existence like the grapevine to adapt itself so well to all sorts of localities, even to such as where fruit-trees, flowers, corn, potatoes, etc., find no foothold. The principles of its cultivation are plain and very easily practiced, and there is indeed no difficulty hidden under the surface of any vine-growing soil. A little care, a little labor, - much pleasure, and little disappointment. That's all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Orchard and Small Fruit Culture in Mississippi Eckles. A medium to large, striped apple of fair quality, ripening from June 15 to July 1. It is very resistant to blight. The tree has a tendency to be dwarfed but bears heavy crops annually. If this variety cannot be obtained, then try Williams Early Red which is very similar to Eckles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Practical and Scientific Fruit Culture For the original suggestion which led to the preparation of this volume, I gratefully acknowl edge my indebtedness to my esteemed friend H. F. Durant, Esq. Also to my beloved father, Rev. A. R. Baker, for additional assistance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Fruit Culture: And the Laying Out and Management of a Country Home Occupied as I have been for the past thirty years in the cultivation and sale of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs, it is but natural that I should receive numerous inquiries as to varieties, their selection, and their culture. There are many books to which reference might be made, some of which are of marked excellence. Downing's "Encyclopaedia of Fruits" is an enduring monument to the memory of the late Charles Downing and his brother Andrew J. Downing, who initiated the work. Few men would be willing, had they the ability, to give such careful, patient, and exhaustive descriptions of every known variety of fruits, as may here be found portrayed with disinterested faithfulness. But this is a book for the professed horticulturist and orchardist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."