[PDF] The Apple Culturist Classic Reprint eBook

Author : Sereno Edwards Todd
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 24,41 MB
Release : 2017-11-23
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780331774474

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Excerpt from The Apple Culturist The apple that vies with the peach and the grape. - edwards. From early boyhood the writer of this little treatise has been practically engaged, more or less every year, in the propagation of apple-trees and the management of orchards. As there is no little manual on Apple Orchards in all our agricultural and pomolog ical literature which a beginner may study as a reliable guide in every branch of apple culture, and as the author in early life was obliged to advance from one step to another, in the rearing and management of apple-trees, by the slow and often uncertain way of determining the better practices by experiments, he feels war ranted in preparing a small volume, in which are embodied the successful results of the experience of more than forty years. Most of the works on pomology are either too voluminous and expensive to meet all the requirements of men who need a cheap book containing brief directions for beginners, or the writers have assumed that their readers already possess a pretty correct under standing of that branch of pomology which treats of the correct mode of propagating apple-trees, and the most satisfactory manner of managing apple orchards in order to produce profitable crops of fruit. 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.

Author : Andrew S. Fuller
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,66 MB
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780267980093

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Excerpt from Culturist By cultivation, man has produced a double flower on the rose, peach, cherry, apple, plum, etc., from the Single flower of nature. 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.

Author : J. W. Fitz
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 20,76 MB
Release : 2015-08-05
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781332307654

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Excerpt from Apple and Peach Culturist: Full and Practical Instruction, With Descriptive Catalogues With Illustrations, Also a Treatise on Insects and Their Extermination One of the most prominent authors on American Horticulture, says in the preface to his excellent work on "Fruit and Fruit Trees," "A man born in one of the largest gardens, and upon the banks of one of the noblest rivers of America, ought to have a natural right to talk about Fruit Trees." Our Grand Sire, Adam, also first saw the light near a garden - cultivated fruit there. That same garden was the source of a "noble river." The author of this work was not born in a garden or on the banks of a noble river; but on the breezy summit of a red-land mountain in Piedmont, Virginia - not so high, perhaps as that mentioned in Holy Writ, where all the kingdoms of the earth were shown in one view, but high enough for salubrious atmosphere, and for the pure air to play among the green foliage and white blossoms of the waving orchards in Spring, and the bending trees laden with red, striped, and golden burdens of tender, luscious apples in Summer and Fall; that might vie with the allegorical apples of Paradise - that flouted their tempting beauty and sweetness amid the groves in the garden of Eden. The Peach too, the melting, juicy, nectared Peach, in all its perfection, grow here in the bright sun and ambient air. No borer ever, in those days, presumed to work destruction to its roots, or winged insects sting the soft blushing cheek of its downy fruit, that hung in delicious clusters, wooing the hand to reach forth and take. Reared amid these surroundings, the author, in the recollection regrets the lethargy that at present pervades the South in regard to fruit culture, and the degeneracy of fruits; and like the celebrated author just referred to, thinks he has a right to talk, and investigate the causes of both, to discuss freely all other points appertaining to successful, remunerative fruit-culture. 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.

Author : James [From Old Catalog] Fitz
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 28,5 MB
Release : 2016-05-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781355484790

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Author : Michael Phillips
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 21,59 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1931498911

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For decades fruit growers have sprayed their trees with toxic chemicals in an attempt to control a range of insect and fungal pests. Yet it is possible to grow apples responsibly, by applying the intuitive knowledge of our great-grandparents with the fruits of modern scientific research and innovation. Since The Apple Grower first appeared in 1998, orchardist Michael Phillips has continued his research with apples, which have been called "organic's final frontier." In this new edition of his widely acclaimed work, Phillips delves even deeper into the mysteries of growing good fruit with minimal inputs. Some of the cuttingedge topics he explores include: The use of kaolin clay as an effective strategy against curculio and borers, as well as its limitations Creating a diverse, healthy orchard ecosystem through understory management of plants, nutrients, and beneficial microorganisms How to make a small apple business viable by focusing on heritage and regional varieties, value-added products, and the "community orchard" model The author's personal voice and clear-eyed advice have already made The Apple Grower a classic among small-scale growers and home orchardists. In fact, anyone serious about succeeding with apples needs to have this updated edition on their bookshelf.