. 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. HORTICULTURE the general farming. For generations insect pests were not common. There ivere no good markets, and the fruit sold as Invr as -JS cents a bushel from the wagon box. In fact, it was u-rnHii for the home supply than with an idea of slii|i|.i!i- it tm market. Under such conditions, it did U'lt
. 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. HORTICULTURE the general farming. For generations insect pests were not common. There ivere no good markets, and the fruit sold as Invr as -JS cents a bushel from the wagon box. In fact, it was u-rnHii for the home supply than with an idea of slii|i|.i!i- it tm market. Under such conditions, it did U'lt iiiati. r ii halt ilii- crop was wormy, or if many trees failed and died . year. Such factsoften passed almost unnoticed. The trees bore well, to be sure; but the crop was not measured in baskets and accounted for in dollars .and cents, and under such conditions only the productive trees left their impress upon the memory. The soils had uot ;,. surh a long sys- tem uf rubbery then as m-w. Win ii ili-' "Id orchards plant HORTICULTURE ore]. Ofte the re to repeat of those ins,..-is ivlurh fuli"» I'l. t-i. II, .,^ .â .â ,ââ,âu- nities. But th.' f,ir. .' in mn-Ti.'cd ,iiid a time denly, their , .,,, tliat tln-ythreaten destruction, and tin- fainn-r .m in amazement. The orange is aiiotlier tree which has thrived so well in the new'country that the spontaneous thickets of Florida, known to be descendiints of early Spanish in- troductions, are confidently believed by residents to be indigenous to the soil. The progress of the plum in America nearly equals that of the grape in historic interest. The small, spon- taneous plums, known as Damsons, the offspring of iiitmdm-tinns fro The oldest .â .,in', , .1 Mi, ⢠I I ,. ( ,1 , ,:i. which dates from Isij I , ijit- Con- cord, which 111. V .if the history is madr m ' 1 /, â -1 m i i ,Mir Nui:,, I'm ; There was no cummcn-ial strawlnrry culture i
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