. 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. 234 the province, by tlif low p the north and south t t valuable as wmiiln â influence upon tli. .,. region. The soil , overlaying sandstone foin fall of the tides have pro stituting the present ma marsh lands serve the pur annual supply of Ik rliaL,'. exhaustible stort- n( .h, : fruit-growers with â
. 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. 234 the province, by tlif low p the north and south t t valuable as wmiiln â influence upon tli. .,. region. The soil , overlaying sandstone foin fall of the tides have pro stituting the present ma marsh lands serve the pur annual supply of Ik rliaL,'. exhaustible stort- n( .h, : fruit-growers with â orchard areas. Fi^;s. :;i_'. Fruit Regions ini'I /â '/" Berwick are r are found many of ih. .iM as Golden Pippin ;nid \> apples are grown iu n. mi-I the valleys already immic of the bearing orchariU. mated at 80,000 :,im havelontr Itfcn cult i\ ;ii. ,1, like the and Jap; former â : :. M A mI. 1\ rultiviited. Donicsticas A 1^ ^ A nii.'is the favorite of the "f ill.' latter. Theex|i-i( <! imm-I' â¢â â¢â began in 1875, and has heen steadilv on tiie jiicroase since that time. The mar- ketable crop of apples in 1896 amounted to 500,000 barrels, nearly all exported to Britain. The characteris- tic apple of the province is Gravenstein. This, with Kibston Pippin, was imported from England by Hon. Charles Ramage Prescott, between 1830 and 1835. Col. John Burbidge introduced the Nonpareil Russet. Doctor Inglis, the first bishop of Nova Scotia, introduced Yellow Bellefleur to the Annapolis vallcv. where it is now known by the name of Hi- The cranberry im the output from i barrels; in 1898 it 1. varieties cultivated The fruit-grow. 1 energetic. The I'l the oldest in thi' li. tieultural school, and is affiliated \vii The fruit-growiii itsinfancy. The ,, iâru ;.. ' John river valli ;, : hi. in-,. \'i â .' ! ., I II â â I, Pfwaukee. .â -. ..n s I ^ . ': I ;r.^.. , I. i - â ,..â t luTL'fore enab
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