Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year written by Maine State Pomological Society and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1905 The general work of the society is shown by this volume of Transactions, and the various reports published by the news papers of the State. A summary of receipts and expenditures and a statement of resources and liabilities make the following financial showing for the year: receipts. Balance in treasury, Jan. I, 1905 State stipend Interest on permanent fund Life members Annual members for 1904 Annual members for 1905 Sale of report Dividend on bank stock in liquidation Total receipts 45 expenditures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1907 It might not seem necessary to mention the past winter in connection with fruit growing were it not for the fact that the winter is blamed by many for the injury suffered by our orchards. So far as your Secretary is concerned he does not "blame it all on the weather," while the injury is more serious than most of our fruit growers realize, there are other conditions that should be recognized. The Baldwin and Ben Davis suffered the most. Those varieties are both free bearers, and the growers look upon the tree hanging full of beautiful fruit and rejoice over the magnificent crop of fruit promised. I do not know of a fruit grower in Maine who has to any great extent felt it necessary to relieve the trees of the heavy burdens they were bearing. In one case the present season a prominent grower told me he had used over 1,500 stakes to prevent the trees from breaking down. In a canvass covering a large number of orchards this fall a conspicuous fact appears: the dead and injured trees are almost without exception trees that bore heavily the year before. In other words the trees have been so weakened by overbearing that they have not had.the power to resist the cold. Many trees that have borne heavily this year I found seriously injured, and it will be strange if there are not many more dead trees next spring than the last. The Secretary suggests whether it would not be wiser to pick off some fruit and burn up the stakes. The extent of this injury was shown by speakers at our meeting, who have been investigating orchard conditions in the State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society For the Year 1891 Classic Reprint written by Maine State Pomological Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1891 The present volume will give to the general public some idea of the work Of this Society, though its true measure of usefulness can hardly be measured by the printed page or the spoken word. In the affairs of the Society the officers have aimed at the great needs of the State, and while the means would not permit of doing all these needs called for, the work has been efficient and in many cases the results apparent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1889 written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society, for the Year 1889: Including the Proceedings of the Union Winter Meeting Held in Patrons' Hall, Norway, February 4, 5, and 6, 1890 These are only instances with which the writer is familiar. There are others quite as notable in the State: but that to which we wish to call especial attention is the grand Opening orcharding in Maine offers to the capitalists. Thousands of dollars have been sent to Florida and California to be used in fruit raising, but the facts clearly Show that Maine orcharding will pay larger dividends. These instances are given here as illustrative of organized orchard ing which is referred to in sections Of this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1902 Fortunately, perhaps, the blossoms and foliage came late, so that nowhere in the State does it appear that the apple trees were injured by the freeze on the nights of May 9 and 10. The cool Weather of the season appears to have been favorable for the growth of the trees and size of fruit: at the same time it made the maturity of the fruit quite a couple of weeks later than in ordinary years AS illustrative of this the Ben Davis was small and unwilling to be plucked from the tree, and it would seem in consequence that this variety would compare more unfavorably than usual with those grown further south. There have not been so many insects to prey upon the foliage as usual, and the frequent rains in some cases interfered with Spraying. It is further noticeable that the orchards that have been best cultivated in years past have been the most fruitful this year: a fact that confirms what our society has taught for the thirty years of its existence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1892 written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society, for the Year 1892: Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting Held in Augusta, January 17th and 18th, 1893 For various reasons that I am unable to explain, it has not been the custom in our society for the secretary to Offer any formal report at the annual winter meeting. As we are meeting this year in the city where the society twenty years ago held its first meeting and perfected its organization, it seems bx st to depart from the custom of recent years. This is the only apology I have for offering this paper, which aims at giving a hasty review of the work accomplished in the State the past year. It is gratifying to note that our own people are beginning to realize that here in Maine we have the most favorable conditions for successful fruit culture. While it seems to be a hard lesson for the State as a whole to learn, year after year the facts of successful fruit culture accumulate, and bear tangible evidence to him who will read them that year after year the fruit growers are making profitable gains from their orchards and small fruits. The sur prising thing to sharp business men is that the farmers do not more quickly catch on to these facts and devote more time and intel ligence to fruit culture. When Florida oranges can be profitably grown' and retailed in towns several hundred miles from Boston for a Cent and a quarter each, there can be no doubt about the profit of growing-apples in this State that will retail for more money than these oranges. But there has been a steady gain from year to year though it sometimes seems to be very slow. SO that there are now more fruit-bearing trees in the State than ever before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1898 written by D. H. Knowlton and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1898: Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting Held in Skowhegan, December 27, 28, and 29, 1898 The phenomenal crop of fruit borne in 1896 was followed in 1897 by a small yield in all parts of the State. Some with good reason claim that the trees were allowed to overbear and in consequence were so exhausted that they were not strong enough to bear another crop without time to recuperate. In 1897 there was a visitation of tent caterpillars (clisiocampa Americana, and clisiocampa sylvatica.) Some fought the insects with more or less success, but in the absence of effective remedies the insects matured and large numbers of eggs were deposited in fruit and forest trees. From these large numbers of insects made their appearance this year, and in many cases the foliage was completely stripped from the trees. Although spraying had been urged as an effective remedy, few were prepared with apparatus to employ it. The result was that many of the largest orchards hardly bore fruit enough for family use. Fortunately all parts of the State were not so much affected by these pests, and some parts not at all. Aroostook county is reported as shipping some fruit to other parts of the State. Waldo, Penobscot, Knox, Lincoln, Northern Somerset, Northern Franklin, Northern Oxford, Sagadahoc, Southern Cumberland and York counties had some fruit, though lacking much of a full crop. The figures representing the fruit crop in the State have been misleading. Some of these placed the yield higher than 50 per cent., but so far as your secretary can learn the crop fell much below their figures. The season was favorable for the growth of foliage and fruit where any was set, and at the close of the season the trees were looking far better than one could expect. The Prospect For Next Year. It is believed by many that large numbers of caterpillars were destroyed by some parasites. This in some localities is true, but an examination of the trees shows many clusters of eggs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1894; Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting, Held in Foxcroft, January 8th and 9th, 1895 Again it becomes the duty of your secretary to present an annual report of the transactions of the Society. During the year it has afforded me great pleasure and assured me of the progressive work in the State that a larger number all the while are becoming interested in fruit culture. Some men living secluded lives in rural homes, with little reading have often in years past, almost or quite ignored the words of horticultural societies. Unwilling to admit they do not know all there is of fruit culture, they behold the grand success of others, but they are like those in ancient days having, eyes they see not. Many of these are now seeking knowledge which only their vanity in the past has denied them. As illustrative of this an intelligent fruit-grower inquired about the best varieties to plant. I gave him all the points I could, and he concluded by saying that he knew of no better variety than the Baldwin and he was going to set a lot of those in the spring. He remarked that one of the most successful orchards in the county was developed in this way, but failed to note that the cold of winter in this case twice froze back the tops before the trees were acclimated. The provoking thing in this particular case is that the man has grown fruit for nearly half a century. Other men realize the necessity for knowledge and are willing to seek it. This is one of the most encouraging features of the situation. For those who seek knowledge in these days will find it. The 1894 crop. The fruit crop in Maine has been large, though it can hardly be called a full crop. Many dealers have assured me that the crop is really much larger than in 1893. Travelling among the orchards in the autumn, one could not fail to notice that many of the trees were nearly barren. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1890 written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society, for the Year 1890: Including the Proceedings of the Union Winter Meeting Held in City Hall, Bangor, February 24th and 25th, 1891 It is exceedingly surprising that more small fruits are not raised in the State. As yet our growers are unable to supply the local markets. The rule is that growers find the industry profitable and are planting' more extensively. Of raspberries and blackberries there has been a large increase in the number of plots. There is just enough of this sort of fruit growing done to indicate that those who engage in it more largely are going to realize results from Maine lands never dreamed of before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1906 The 1905 Apples. So far as it was possible to do so, many apples grown last year were held in storage until after our report for 1905 was made up, hence it seems proper to refer to their sale. The prices in some cases were well nigh record-breakers and deserve mention in this report. The six hundred barrels grown in the $2850 orchard referred to in last year's report were sold for $3.50 per barrel. So that the crop went a long way toward returning the purchase money in less than one year from the purchase of the orchard. This year (1906), it may be added, this orchard produced two hundred barrels. One grower in Skowhegan had 264 barrels of Ben Davis for which he received $1056 at the railroad station in that town. Eighty barrels of Gravensteins from the Pope orchard returned a check for $360. A carload of apples from the Staples' orchard, containing ninety-one barrels of No. 2 and 110 barrels of No. 1, sold in the Boston market for a net sum of $911.91. The Northern Spy in the lot sold for $8 per barrel. Hall & Cole stated that this was the most money paid for a carload of apples sold in Boston during the season. Better Culture. Our people are beginning to realize the value of the orchard, and they realize as never before that to produce the best results the orchard must have the best treatment. It is interesting to note that the most productive orchards this year are those that have received the most intelligent care. As one goes about over the State the evidence of this accumulates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1903 In recent years there has been a marked improvement in the care of the orchards of the State, though in many cases there is a notable absence of care. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1899 written by W. M. Munson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1899: Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting Held in New Gloucester, January 18 and 19, 1900 Concerning the fruit interests of Maine, the past year has been remarkable chie y for the uneven distribution of the crop and for the severe attacks of the forest tent-caterpillar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1901 Pan-American Exhibit. The year has been a very busy one for the Pomological society and an unusually large amount of work has been accomplished. It will be remembered that at our winter meeting in Norway Charles S. Pope was instructed to secure contributions of fruit for the purpose of making an exhibition of fruit at Buffalo. Two hundred and fifty dollars was appropriated by the executive committee later on and the same amount was granted by the Legislature. At the Brooks meeting the secretary was instructed to install the exhibition of fruit at Buffalo, but the sickness of his partner prevented his attending to this work, and arrangements were made with Prof. Munson to look after this work. The secretary visited Buffalo the first of June and had the judge's examination made, giving special prominence to the excellent keeping and market qualities of our fruit. Prof. Munson in his article on "Maine Fruit at the Pan-American Exposition," gives a full report of the society's proceedings and the excellent results secured by the exhibition. It is of interest here to note that without a dissenting voice the legislature granted the society $250 to aid in carrying on this work, while it defeated every attempt to secure aid for other exhibition purposes. The secretary congratulates the society on this mark of confidence on the part of our law makers. The Awards At Buffalo. It is a matter of congratulation that the Maine fruit shown by Prof. Munson at the meeting of the American Pomological society held at Buffalo was awarded a bronze medal. As few of these were awarded the fact is deemed worthy of this public mention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1895, Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting, Held in Presque Isle, January 8th and 9th, 1896 Herewith the Secretary submits his annual report. It is to a large degree formal, but during a year's work and a study of conditions and results there are matters that seem to commend it to the careful perusal of the fruit growers of Maine. The Fruit Crop. For the past ten or a dozen years there has been no general failure in the apple crop in Maine. Localities, for reasons as yet unknown, have had light crops, while others have had heavy crops. The 1895 crop was probably the smallest in all these years, and the failure was more general than in any other year during the time. The crop was very light, and worse than all, the quality was inferior. The cause of the short crop has been quite freely discussed, but no general conclusion seems to be reached. Among the causes noticed by the Secretary, a few may deserve a place in this report. Our leading varieties have borne fruit for several successive years, heavy crops in some cases. Except in rare instances the orchards have received no special attention in the way of dressing or care, and many of the trees suffering from the effects of the scab fungus in 1894 were unable to develop fruit buds for a crop in 1895. The orchards that received the best treatment bore the most fruit, but even this was inferior to the product of oi dinary j-ears. Some have claimed that it was the frost in the spring that caused the failure in the crop. This could not be the case, for as already stated, few if any fruit buds were developed the year before. This deserves special notice as it brings into prominence the fact that a spring frost rarely, if ever affects the apple blossoms in Maine. In this respect we have the most favorable climatic conditions for apple growing. The quality of the fruit was inferior in consequence of the scab, the codling worm and the trypeta pomonella. The results reached in spraying emphasize its importance, and it is not far away when successful fruit growers in the State will spray their trees to destroy the scab and codling worm. The spread of the trypeta is a cause of alarm among fruit growers, since no effective, practicable remedy is known. With its life history so well known it is hoped that our experiment station may be able to discover some effective means of holding the destructive pest in check. The prices have been low, although choice lots have sold readily. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1900 written by Charles S. Pope and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1900: Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting Held in Norway, November 13 and 14, 1900 The death of Lyman F. Abbott, which occurred at his home in Lewis ton, March 31, 1900, removes from our society one of its most reliable and valuable officers, and demands from us more than a passing notice. From his boyhood Mr. Abbott had been closely connected with the farm and interested in everything that pertained to it; few men in the State were better known and more thoroughly trusted by the farmers. He was the son of Nathaniel and Mary Stockbridge Abbott, and was born in Andover in 1830. Here he lived, engaged in farming till he was thirty - four years old, when he removed to Wilton. He remained in Wilton seventeen years, occupied in trade and farming. During his resi dence in Andover he began writing for the agricultural columns of the Oxford Democrat, and other papers. In 1882 he became agricultural editor of the Lewiston Journal, which position he held until his death, and in addition to his editorial duties he frequently contributed to the leading agricultural papers, and also to the annual reports of the State department of agriculture. These articles covered a wide range of topics, for his interest was not limited to a few subjects. He was an enthusiastic entomologist, acquainted with the farmer's insect friends and enemies following their life history through all its changes, and knowing when to check and when to encourage them. Bee-keeping was a constant and fascinating study to him. And his papers on this subject were delightful reading. He was also greatly interested in stock-breeding, in the introduction of new breeds, and the improvement of the old standards by the infusion of new blood. Still another interest brought him in touch with our work. He was long a cultivator of flowers, and especially enjoyed the development of our beautiful native shrubs under his own care; the cultivation of small fruits was a pastime and a pleasure, while the larger problems of orchard management, pruning, fertilizing and tillage, presented an ever changing and widening field for study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.