The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . I >rj.|^Mi (_licr-v iruL^. Ill Calitortiia. 2. A \N e>t Virginia jieach orchard. FRUIT I. Birdseye \icw of a well-cultivated peach orchard. 2. Strawberry growing in Wisconsin. FRUIT GROWING young trees by American nurseries indicate thatorchard planting continues with little abatement. Commercial apples.— The apple is both themost widely grown and generally liked of thefruits of North America. It is grown to agreater or
The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . I >rj.|^Mi (_licr-v iruL^. Ill Calitortiia. 2. A \N e>t Virginia jieach orchard. FRUIT I. Birdseye \icw of a well-cultivated peach orchard. 2. Strawberry growing in Wisconsin. FRUIT GROWING young trees by American nurseries indicate thatorchard planting continues with little abatement. Commercial apples.— The apple is both themost widely grown and generally liked of thefruits of North America. It is grown to agreater or less extent in every state and ter-ritory of the Union and Province of range of the varieties of this fruit as todate of maturity is so great that with properattention to their selection planters in many sec-tions can have a continuous supply of this fruitfrom their own orchards during at least tenmonths of the year. Since the development ofcommercial cold storage () and the improve-ment of railroad transportation from the South,the supply of American grown apples in whole-some condition in city markets is practicallyunbroken. (See Apples ; Fruits, Cold Storageof; Fruit-Trade.) Pear and quince.—While the pear has neverattained in Ameri
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