Practical and Scientific Fruit CultureLee and Shepard, 1866 - 523 pages |
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Page 50
... fertility of soils depends in a great measure upon its admixture and subdivision . An earth , if it may be properly ... fertile . Dr. Hitchcock , in his " Geological Survey of Massachu- setts , " says that soils consist , " first , of ...
... fertility of soils depends in a great measure upon its admixture and subdivision . An earth , if it may be properly ... fertile . Dr. Hitchcock , in his " Geological Survey of Massachu- setts , " says that soils consist , " first , of ...
Page 51
... fertile , should contain silica , allumina , and lime , and should be in a good state of sub- division , as this has much influence on the reten- tion of moisture . The proportion of earthy ma- terials is not of so much importance , if ...
... fertile , should contain silica , allumina , and lime , and should be in a good state of sub- division , as this has much influence on the reten- tion of moisture . The proportion of earthy ma- terials is not of so much importance , if ...
Page 52
... fertile . Dr. Dana says that " the fact that peat , or turf , is very soluble in alkali , seems not to be known among our farmers . The usual practice of mixing lime with peat is decidedly the worst which can be fol- lowed , as the ...
... fertile . Dr. Dana says that " the fact that peat , or turf , is very soluble in alkali , seems not to be known among our farmers . The usual practice of mixing lime with peat is decidedly the worst which can be fol- lowed , as the ...
Page 64
... fertility , as it would en- tirely prevent the mixture of the separated particles of the different rocks . " The agency of water to produce this result is almost beyond conception . In a violent storm , we can perhaps form an idea ...
... fertility , as it would en- tirely prevent the mixture of the separated particles of the different rocks . " The agency of water to produce this result is almost beyond conception . In a violent storm , we can perhaps form an idea ...
Page 65
... principal causes which operate to degrade the hills and fill up the valleys . " Let us now consider the PROPERTIES OF SOILS . Specific gravity . Those soils which weigh the 66 AFFINITY FOR MOISTURE . most are the least fertile 6 *
... principal causes which operate to degrade the hills and fill up the valleys . " Let us now consider the PROPERTIES OF SOILS . Specific gravity . Those soils which weigh the 66 AFFINITY FOR MOISTURE . most are the least fertile 6 *
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absorb ADAPTATION OF VARIETIES apple autumn bark Bartlett become Belle Lucrative Bellefleur BEST SIX VARIETIES Beurré Beurré d'Anjou Beurré Diel Black bonne de Jersey Canada East cane carbonic acid Central clay color crop cultivation decay depth disease drains Early Harvest Early York earth Fall Pippin fertility Flemish Beauty foliage Glout Morceau Golden Russet grafting green manure growth heat Hubbardston HUNDRED TREES hybrid Illinois inches Indiana injurious insects Lady Apple land larvae leaf limbs lime Louise bonne Michigan Moist moisture Newtown Pippin North Ohio orchard oxygen peach pear Penn plants ploughed pollen pollen-tube produce pulverization QUINCE R. I. Greening Red Astrachan result Rhode Island roots Roxbury Russet Saginaw Bay sand scion season Seckel seed Seedling shoots soil South of Saginaw species spring subsoil substances summer surface temperature three feet tion VARIETIES OF FRUIT VARIETIES OF PEARS Vicar of Winkfield vine West Winkfield wood