. Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket. Fruit-culture. The writing of this little book has surely been a labor of love. Harriet and I love trees. They are our pets, and we think as much of them as we do of the animals and birds on the farm. It had sometimes occurred to me that a need existed in this country for a simple, practical, inexpen- sive, boiled-down yet complete, printed talk on the subject of tree fruits,—a talk that would help the amateur as well as the more experienced orchardist My publishers encouraged the idea, saying that requests for
. Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket. Fruit-culture. The writing of this little book has surely been a labor of love. Harriet and I love trees. They are our pets, and we think as much of them as we do of the animals and birds on the farm. It had sometimes occurred to me that a need existed in this country for a simple, practical, inexpen- sive, boiled-down yet complete, printed talk on the subject of tree fruits,—a talk that would help the amateur as well as the more experienced orchardist My publishers encouraged the idea, saying that requests for such a treatise had often been received at their office during the past few years. Well—to make a long story short—this book is largely the result of their encouragement and kindness; without such helps I very much doubt whether the idea ever would have materialized into clear type. Harriet has helped me, too—bless her heart. So have Tim and Fanner Vincent. And so have the artists, designers, engravers and photographers who are connected with the Wilmer Atkinson Co. Yes, and my thanks go out, also, to the various practical fruit men, government experts, and writers, whose helpful suggestions, letters, pictures and (7). 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : W. Atkinson Co.
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