. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. POMOLOGY important and charac- o£ North America. In fact, North American pomology may justly be said to be the best and most progressive in the world if excel- lence is measured by commercial standards, quantity of product, and the quickness and precision with which scientitic theory and discov- ery are applie
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. POMOLOGY important and charac- o£ North America. In fact, North American pomology may justly be said to be the best and most progressive in the world if excel- lence is measured by commercial standards, quantity of product, and the quickness and precision with which scientitic theory and discov- ery are applied to it. Most remarkalile examples of the quick assimilation and ap- plication of theoretical of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees " in 1817, and followed by Thacher's "American Orcbardist" in 1822. These pioneer writings gave much of their space to orchard management, with little mere compilation of descrip- Subsequent volumes, for nearly ,^*. teachiu gs are afforded by the re idiness with which fruit-g rowerswitbin the last decade have adopted the ideas a 9Sociated with tillage. spraying, poll nation, ferti- lizing and p uniug. Yet, great a s have been the ad- vances progi ess has only begun one advance leads to another. Pi tures of typi- cal A. lericau fruit-planta- tions 1 lay be found under Untpe Unrtic (»»/v, Olire, , ^â¢^â Hâ York. Peach, I'lnm, etc., and others are. \m 1895. The American ideals Pom ke the European. The Ameri can aims at uniformity over large areas. The European gives more attention to spec training of fruit-trees. This 1892. Double planting, showiner bush-fruits growine ; to be discouraged i sful when higli cultun 1 practices, particularly in well illustrated inAmer- vith European nurseries (»ee Nursery). The American merely prunes his fruit trees in the nursery: he does not train them. The American ideal in nursery stock is shown in Fig. 1896. 8ee Prttnhtfr. In nearly nil iinrt« of ttio country the extension of fruit ;;r(i
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