Facts for farmers; also for the family circle. A compost of rich materials for all land-owners, about domestic animals and domestic economy; farm buildings; gardens, orchids, and vineyards; and all (14597450088)

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Title: Facts for farmers; also for the family circle. A compost of rich materials for all land-owners, about domestic animals and domestic economy; farm buildings; gardens, orchids, and vineyards; and all farm crops, tools, fences, fertilization, draining, and irrigation
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Robinson, Solon, 1803-1880
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: New York, Johnson and Ward
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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pples,and dried quinces are frequently mixed with apples, in making ))ios, to im-prove their flavor PLATE XVT. (Page 655.) This is a fitting frontispiece to this important chapter upon tlieorchard. It is indeed a dessert fit for a farmer. It is placedhere as a sign of something good in the following pages. It is madetempting in its appearance to tempt you to taste of what is saidof fruit culture. The basket is a symbol of what every farmshould be—overflowing with its abundance of choice, rich, lusciousfruits. Its place by the side of the wall is suggestive. Fruit needsprotection. The view of water behind the wall is symbolical. Asituation near water, if the soil is dry, is fiivorable for fruit-growing.The scene beyond is that of the quiet country home, where six daysof labor and one of rest and thanksgiving in the village church shallbring a store of just such fruits as are here exhibited. Reader, lookat this picture! study its lessons, thank God, and enjoy the fruitsof the orchard.
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CHAPTER VI. THE ORCHARD. SECTION XXXV.-PROPAGATION, PLANTING, AND CULTIVATION OF TREES. ^ T will not be expected that we shall give a completey treatise upon so important a subject as the title of thissection indicates in the space allotted to each subject inthis work. VVe only aim to brief hints, just eiiough toawaken attention and induce farmers to procure and studysome of the many valuable works easily attainable, such as Downings Fruits and Fruit-Trees of America, KenricksNew American Orchardist, now somewliat old, but full ofuseful information ; also Coles Fruit-Book, a pocket edi-tion ; Mannings New England Fruit-Book; ElliottsAmerican Fruit-Growers Guide; Barrys Fruit-Garden ;Warings Fruit-Growers Hand-Book ; and TiiomasAmerican Fruit Culturist. All are modern and standardworks, of small size and cost, having a great mass of val-uable information condensed into such brief space that the busiest man canfind time to read them, and to study carefully such parts as are directlyadap