Archive image from page 387 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 some of the larger blackberries and rasp- berries, although it be- gan about the middle of the century, did not ac- quire distinct import- ance until after the reaction from the Civil War. The very factthat there
Archive image from page 387 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 some of the larger blackberries and rasp- berries, although it be- gan about the middle of the century, did not ac- quire distinct import- ance until after the reaction from the Civil War. The very factthat there is a horticultural industry is a most im- portant innovation in our agricultural status. 2. With the rise of commercial pomology there have developed all those questions which are related to market- wns. The commercial cultu POMOLOGY very fact that the grower must give attention to his package as well as to the growing of his crop, forces him to adopt a new point of view in his fruit-grow- ing. 3. Modern commercial orcharding has developed the tillage ideal. Under the old rt'gime the tree was able to take care of itself and to bear a produce good enough to meet the uncritical demands. Nowadays, however, the tree must receive the very best of care, for we desire annual crops of great quantity and of the best quality. Therefore the plant must be sup- plied with abundance of plant-food and moisture. Time was when it was thought that the mere appli- cation of cnemical plant-food to the soil would bo suilicient to make a plant productive. It is now un- derstood, however, that plant-food is only one of the requisites of good growth. The soil must be deep and loose and fine, so that it will hold moisture and promote all those chemical and biological activities which make the land productive. In former times the best attention in tillage was given to the annual crops. The orchard was usually in neglect. This was because the fruit plantation had small commer- cial importance. Now th
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