. 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. 764 HORTICULTURE HORTICULTURE ing of apples since the first settlement of the country. Early in the last century there appears to have been a great abundance of the fruit; but in 1821 Thacher de- clared that "it is a remarkable fact that the first planters bequeathed to their posterity a greater number of
. 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. 764 HORTICULTURE HORTICULTURE ing of apples since the first settlement of the country. Early in the last century there appears to have been a great abundance of the fruit; but in 1821 Thacher de- clared that "it is a remarkable fact that the first planters bequeathed to their posterity a greater number of orchards, in proportion to their population, than are now to be found in the old colony," and he attributes the decline in orcharding largely to the encroachment of the "poisonous liquor" of the later times. Under the inspiration of Thacher, Coxe, Kenrick, Prince, Manning, and the Downings, orchards were again planted, and we are just now in another period of decline in the East, following the decay of these plantations. Apples were carried far into the frontiers by the In- dians and probably also by the French missionaries, and the "Indian apple orchards" are still known in many localities even east of the Mississippi (see also, Apple- seed, Johnny). At the opening of the century, the Early Harvest, Newtown Pippin, Swaar, Spitzenberg, Rhode Island Greening, Yellow Bellefleur, Rosbury Russet, and other familiar apples of American origin were widely disseminated and much esteemed. Apples had begun to be planted by settlers in Ohio before 1800. In 1817, Coxe could recommend a list of "one hundred kinds of the most estimable apples cultivated in our country;" and in 1825 "William Prince offered 116 varie- ties for sale —at 37K cents per tree—of which 17 were set aside—after the fashion of the time-as particularly adapted to the making of cider. Of these 116 varieties, 61 were considered to be of American origin. In 1872, Downing's list
Size: 1442px × 1734px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthor, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectgardening
