Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . , ? • • III. Salway, XII. King, II. Smock Free, . XVIII Maidens Blush, X. Pears. Northern Spy. • VIII. Anjou, . . Plate XV. Oldenburg, . • - X. Bartlett, .... XIII. Ranibo, .... II. Duchess, . . XV. Rhode Island Greening, III. Flemish Beauty, XVII. Smiths Cider, . I. Kieffer, .... XVII. Smokehouse, . I. Seckel, XIII. Snow, IX. Sheldon, .... XIII. Stayman Plums. Winesap, IV. Twenty Ounce, . IV. Bradshaw, . Plate XIV. Yellow Newtown Burbank XIV. Coes Golden (or Albermarle Drop, XX. Pippi
Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . , ? • • III. Salway, XII. King, II. Smock Free, . XVIII Maidens Blush, X. Pears. Northern Spy. • VIII. Anjou, . . Plate XV. Oldenburg, . • - X. Bartlett, .... XIII. Ranibo, .... II. Duchess, . . XV. Rhode Island Greening, III. Flemish Beauty, XVII. Smiths Cider, . I. Kieffer, .... XVII. Smokehouse, . I. Seckel, XIII. Snow, IX. Sheldon, .... XIII. Stayman Plums. Winesap, IV. Twenty Ounce, . IV. Bradshaw, . Plate XIV. Yellow Newtown Burbank XIV. Coes Golden (or Albermarle Drop, XX. Pippin), .... V. Damson, .... XIV. York Imperial, . VIII. German Prune, . XX. Cherries. Green Gage, • . XX. Kelsey, XX. Black Tartarian, Plate XI. lyombard, .... XX. Montmorency, . XI. Red June, ... XIV. Napoleon, .... XI. Yellow Kgg, • • XIV. Nuts. Miscellane ous. Paragon Chestnuts, Plate XVT. Effects of Pear I,eaf-blight, • . Pi ate VII. Peaches. San Jose on Apple, VII. Crawfords I,ate, Plate XIX. Pear, VII. Elberta, XIX. Sprayed and Un- Globe XVIII. sprayed Fruit, VI. The writing- of this little book has surely been alabor of love. Harriet and I love trees. They areour pets, and wethink as much ofthem as we do of theanimals and birds onthe farm. It had sometimesoccurred to me that aneed existed in thiscountry for a simple,practical, inexpen-sive, boiled-down yet complete, printed talk on thesubject of tree fruits, — a talk that would help theamateur as well as the more experienced publishers encouraged the idea, saying thatrequests for such a treatise had often been receivedat their office during the past few years. Well—tomake a long story short—this book is largely theresult of their encouragement and kindness; withoutsuch helps I very much doubt whether the idea everwould have materialized into clear type. Harriet has helped me, too—bless her heart. Sohave Tim and Farmer Vincent. And so have theartists, designers, engravers and p
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