Elliott's fruit book; or, The Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation elliottsfruitboo00elli Year: 1858 FORMS OF THE APPLE. 63 During winter, and early in the spring, the shoots of most trees be- come so much darker than at other times, that it is only practice and by
Elliott's fruit book; or, The Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation elliottsfruitboo00elli Year: 1858 FORMS OF THE APPLE. 63 During winter, and early in the spring, the shoots of most trees be- come so much darker than at other times, that it is only practice and by placing the ditTerent sorts side by side, that accuracy may be obtained. Sivilful culturists will readily distinguish, by a glance at the color of shoots, many of the kinds they cultivate ; but the peculiar cast is hard to describe in words, in the same way that it is impos- sible to describe the hand-writing of an individual, so as to be known from fifty others, although many can, at a glance, know the penman- ship of hundreds of diflerent persons. A few of the most strongly marked cases, however, present peculiarities of color which form use- ful points of distinction. No one for instance, could easily mistake the yellow shoots of the Bartlett and Dix pears, for the dark brown or purple of the Tyson and Forelle ; or the light greenish cast of the Bough find Sine Qua Non apples, for the dark color of the Northern Spy, or dark brown of the Baldwin ; nor the downy or greyish ap- pearance of the Ladies Sweeting and Esopus Spitzenburg, for the clear shining brown of the Gravenstein and Red Astrachan.' The color of the leaves may sometimes assist in description, as light green in the Yellow Bell-flower and Rambo ; deep green^ as in. the Rhode Island Greening; bluish green^ as in Peck's Pleasant. Forms of the Apple.—In these we follow the general impression understood of terms by most horticulturists, and represented by Barry, from whom we extract : Round or Roundish (fig. 29,) w
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