The apple: king of fruits.

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Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

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Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
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Date: 1800

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Date: 1800

Image 7 of The apple: king of fruits. THE APPLE KING OF FRUITS Practical Facts and Suggestions AbouL Its Culture By GEORGE T, POWELL, President Agri- cultural Experts Association of New York

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

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Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 9 of The apple: king of fruits. THE APPLE, KING OF FRUITS Propagation MUSHROOM may complete its growth in twenty-four hours, but an apple tree not in a century. Hence, in planting this most desirable of all fruit trees,...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 10 of The apple: king of fruits. important principals in its propagation. A few nurseymen are now beginning to work in this direction. Location for an Orchard After a superior tree has been produced it should be provided with...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 11 of The apple: king of fruits. lie up to within eight or ten inches of the surface it will be most undesirable for any purpose, for it will keep the surface soil too wet in the spring after...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 12 of The apple: king of fruits. that they may have an abundance of room and light. A very general mistake is made of planting too closely. In more than half of the orchards in the country better apples...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 13 of The apple: king of fruits. production of apples. If all the trees that are planted lived to produce fruit there would be many more apples than could be sold or used, Vjut for the want of proper...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 14 of The apple: king of fruits. Varieties In choosing varieties for planting, it is well to have them extend over all seasons, summer, autumn and winter. Apples now are so generally used, that they are wanted even in...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 15 of The apple: king of fruits. Thk Fali, Pippin is one of the best of the later autumn varieties, ripening in September and October. It is large in size, is a rich yellow color and excellent for all...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 16 of The apple: king of fruits. streaked red, its size is large and its flesh crisp and tender, juicy and sub- acid. The tree bears early, usually in three or four years, annually, and, like the King, is...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 17 of The apple: king of fruits. what subject to scab and to bitter rot, two serious diseases, but its quality is good, and it comes under the list of dessert varieties. The York Imperiai^ is a handsome red...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 18 of The apple: king of fruits. culture in our country on a commercial scale, we are without definite knowledge upon the subject. It will be wise, however, to give these trees a fair trial. Cultivation of Dwarfed Trees...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 19 of The apple: king of fruits. make the cut close to the body of the trees so that the bark may heal over rapidly. Where the branch comes out from the body or from a secondary branch there...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 20 of The apple: king of fruits. The Renovating of Old Orchards If old orchards have long been neglected, as is generally the case, too severe pruning should not be done at one time. It is well to cut...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 21 of The apple: king of fruits. which is gummy at first. The color of the cluster is dark brown. The eggs remain dormant until spring, when the caterpillars hatch and feed upon the young foliage, making a web...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 22 of The apple: king of fruits. diseases and insect pests are controlled. In making the Bordeaux mixture it is important that the lime and copper be diluted separately, as when being poured together in the manner described they...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 23 of The apple: king of fruits. the borer. Another effective way to destroy this insect is to inject a small quan- tity of bi-sniphide of carbon, with a very small syringe, covering the hole as quickly as possible...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 24 of The apple: king of fruits. and thereafter broods come out frequently day by day throughout the entire season. Three or four individual insects in the spring will have millions of progeny by autumn. They are carried from...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 25 of The apple: king of fruits. is a small fly with a sharp ovipositor. It punctures the apples in July by means of this appendage, and deposits the eggs underneath the skin in the pulp of the fruit....

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 26 of The apple: king of fruits. The pickers should begin at the lower branches of the tree, working upward to the top. The baskets should be supplied with strong iron or wire hooks such that they can be...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 27 of The apple: king of fruits. table erect a light frame running the full length of the long way, i6 inches wide, and i6 inches high. Divide this frame by cross pieces into seven compartments each about 20...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 28 of The apple: king of fruits. the waste fruit into vinegar. Since the pure food legislation has gone into effect, pure cider vinegar is used more freely and brings much better prices than when cheap adulterations were made...

Contributor: Powell, George Townsend
Date: 1800

Image 29 of The apple: king of fruits. development of an apple orchard. It is always an object of increasing interest to watch its growth from year to year as the trees expand in size, to direct them, mould and...