. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. APPENDIX. This, is a good mode of grafting any stocks not over three-fourths of an inch in diameter, in the nursery row. Leaf-blight on the pear, p. 194. There appears to be strong rea- son for believing that the leaf- blight on the pear (as well as the cracking of the fruit,) is •• owing to a parasitic fungus, pro- ducing results similar to rus
. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. APPENDIX. This, is a good mode of grafting any stocks not over three-fourths of an inch in diameter, in the nursery row. Leaf-blight on the pear, p. 194. There appears to be strong rea- son for believing that the leaf- blight on the pear (as well as the cracking of the fruit,) is •• owing to a parasitic fungus, pro- ducing results similar to rust on wheat. Limited experiments in raising the seedlings on ground never before occupied with pear trees, at a distance of some miles from any pear nursery, and beyond reach of the spread of the fine dusty seed, have been quite successful. Training and pruning grapes, p. 393. The accompanying figure (310) exhibits distinctly a vine trained to a trellis, and treated on the renewal system. in 415. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob). New York : Miller, Orton & Mulligan
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