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IMPORTANCE OF ORCHARD PRODUCTS. GOVERNMENT STATISTICS. GREAT VALUE OF ORCHARD AND GARDEN PRODUCTS. DELIGHTS OF FRUIT CULTURE. TEMPERATE REGIONS THE PROPER FIELD FOR FRUIT CULTURE, AS FOR MENTAL DEVELOPMENT. PLANTS OF CULTURE, PLANTS OF NATURE. NOMADIC CONDITION UNFAVORABLE FOR...
IMPORTANCE OF ORCHARD PRODUCTS. GOVERNMENT STATISTICS. GREAT VALUE OF ORCHARD AND GARDEN PRODUCTS. DELIGHTS OF FRUIT CULTURE. TEMPERATE REGIONS THE PROPER FIELD FOR FRUIT CULTUR...
2. CHAPTER II.DIFFICULTIES IN THE OUTSET. APPLE A GENERIC TERM, AS CORN IS FOR DIFFERENT GRAINS; BIBLE AND HISTORIC USE OF THE WORD THEREFORE UNCERTAIN. ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD. BOTANICAL CHARA...
3. CHAPTER III.ALL GROWTH IS DEPENDANT UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CELLS. THE SEED AND THE BUD; THEIR RESEMBLANCE. THE INDIVIDUALITY OF BUDS. THE BASIS OF ALL PROPAGATION. BUDS ARE DEVELOPED INTO...
4. CHAPTER IV.DEFINITION OF. OBJECTS. EARLY FRUITAGE. DEFINITION OF TERMS. DWARFING STOCKS. OTHER MEANS OF DWARFING. DWARFS AND STANDARDS. PYRAMIDS OR CONICAL. ESPALIERS. LAYING BARE THE MAIN...
5. CHAPTER V.DIFFICULTIES IN THE OUTSET. WHAT CONSTITUTES DISEASED ACTION. NO ANALOGY TO ANIMAL SICKNESSES. CONGENITAL DEFECTS. DEBILITY. DEFICIENT STRENGTH OF FIBRES. DEFECTIVE FOLIAGE. IMP...
6. CHAPTER VI.A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE, NOT OF MERE CONVENIENCE. LOW VALLEYS LEAST DESIRABLE. BASINS, EVEN IF ELEVATED, SUBJECT TO FROSTS. LOCAL DIFFERENCES OF TEMPERATURE, OFTEN FATAL TO TENDE...
7. CHAPTER VII.DRAINAGE. ITS ADVANTAGES. SURFACE DRAINS. MADE WITH THE PLOW. MAY BE FOLLOWED BY TILES, OR MOLE PLOW. THOROUGH PLOWING. TRENCHING. TRENCH PLOWING. SUBSOIL PLOWING. MANURING NOT...
8. CHAPTER VIII.IMPORTANCE OF JUDICIOUS SELECTION. LARGE TREES NOT DESIRABLE. THRIFTY YOUNG TREES PREFERRED. REASONS FOR THE PREFERENCE. ADVANTAGES OF SMALLER TREES. LOW HEADS AND THE PROTECTIO...
9. CHAPTER IX.THOROUGH CULTURE SHOULD FOLLOW THOROUGH PREPARATION. HOED CROPS RECOMMENDED. NO WHITE STRAW CROPS, NOR GRASSES ALLOWED. HOW LONG SHALL WE CULTIVATE THE ORCHARD? LIMITS. THE SPAD...
10. CHAPTER X.PRUNING, NATURE'S. WE PRUNE, FIRST, FOR SHAPE AND COMELINESS; SECOND, FOR FRUIT. PRUNING YOUNG TREES IN THE NURSERY. RULES FOR. SEASON FOR. PRUNING FOR FRUIT IS TO BE DONE CHIEF...
11. CHAPTER XI.PROFUSION OF FRUIT-BUDS. WISE PROVISION AGAINST ACCIDENTS. PERIOD OF MATURITY OF PLANTS. MORPHOLOGY. THE YOUNG PLANT GROWS BY DEVELOPMENT OF STEM AND BRANCHES. LEAF BUDS ALL POI...
12. CHAPTER XII.CHANGES DURING THE PROCESS OF RIPENING. ANNUALS RIPEN THEIR FRUIT AND DIE. PERENNIALS HAVE AN ACCUMULATION OF STRENGTH. YOUNG PLANTS OFTEN FAIL TO PERFECT THEIR FRUIT. THE NECES...
13. CHAPTER XIV.When the preparation of this work was undertaken, the author desired to make it as perfect as possible in all its parts. He very soon discovered, from his own observations in th...
14. CHAPTER XV.IMPORTANCE OF SEIZING THE STRONG MARKS. EXTERNAL; WEIGHT, SHAPE, SIZE, SURFACE. BASIN AND EYE. CAVITY AND STEM. INTERNAL; FLESH, CORE, AXIS, SEEDS, FLAVOR. THESE CONSIDERED SEPA...
15. CHAPTER XVI.NECESSITY FOR. BASIS OF. CHARACTERS. SHAPE. ITS REGULARITY. FLAVOR. COLOR. THEIR SEVERAL VALUES. THOMAS' CLASSIFICATION. GERMAN WRITERS. DIEL'S SEVEN CLASSES. MODIFICATIONS BY D...
16. CHAPTER XVII.EVERY PLANTER MUST JUDGE FOR HIMSELF AND OBSERVE THE SORTS THAT SUCCEED IN HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. ATTEMPTS TO MAKE LISTS FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION ABORTIVE. STATE AND REGIONAL LIST...