. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1404 POMOLOGY o( native species. In the first group are included the prevailing types of apples, pears, quinces, cherries, do- mestica plums, olives, currants, some of the gooseber- ries. In the second group are citrous fruits, peaches, apricots, Japanese plums, kaki,
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1404 POMOLOGY o( native species. In the first group are included the prevailing types of apples, pears, quinces, cherries, do- mestica plums, olives, currants, some of the gooseber- ries. In the second group are citrous fruits, peaches, apricots, Japanese plums, kaki, and others, many of them having come to us by way of Europe. In the third class —the Russian fruits- are types of orchard fruits of such recent introduction amongst us that we have not j'et ceased disputing about their merits and de- merits ; therefore a special review of the subject is made below. The fourth class —the native fruits —in- cludes the grapes of the east- ern states, blackberries, raspberries, many gooseberries, .strawberries (of Chilean origin), many plums, cranberries, and a few apples. Histories of these fruits may be found in the writer's "Sketch of the Evolution of our Native ; Russian Fruits.—The Russian apples and their close relatives, the Siberian crabs and their hybrids, consti- tute the hardiest types of pomaceous fruits in cultiva- tion. It was the demand for hardy varieties for the northwestern states and Canada that led to their whole- POMOLOGY uted throughout Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It would appear that during the last half century — which practically covers the pomological history of the West — the periodicity of "hard ' or "test" winters has been more or less regular. When the normal or "mild". Showing, respect sale introdu. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illus
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