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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1879
Page
3
Correspondent outlines fruit garden selections from blackberries currants gooseberries grapes and raspberries with notes on varieties hardy locality suitability and care. It discusses strawberry choices and warns against sample sales schemes while detailing tomato cultivation from seed to transplant and market dynamics including yields prices and early versus late crops.
Readable excerpts cover broom-corn culture soils and cultivation including planting methods seed quality rolling ploughs and weed control. It discusses burning versus plowing under stalks soil improvement, yields of up to a ton per acre, evergreen variety, and market price fluctuations. Also included are beans and cotton farming notes and early grafting experiments for grapes.
A call for a national school of arboriculture to improve grape culture in the United States. Emphasizes soil quality, drainage, and favorable exposures. Advocates using a spade for planting, deep soil work, and regular cultivation to prevent rot and produce higher quality wine. Mentions wall training in European practice.
Agricultural writing debunks the idea that gypsum plaster feeds plants by water delivery. It explains gypsum is gypsum until burned to plaster and notes the negligible water it can supply. The piece discusses ammonia absorption, odor control for stables, and that plaster may act as a fertilizer in dissolved form. It cites Rural New Yorker and Georgia compost comparisons.
Georgia Commissioner Jones outlines cost effective composting methods using stable manure, cotton seed, and superphosphate. He warns against worthless patent formulas and provides tested formulas for different manures including lime use with pea vines and specific application rates for cotton, corn, wheat, and oats.
This piece extols quince culture noting its neglect in markets and fairs yet its potential high price and ornamental value. It explains propagation by seeds cuttings and layering, advises soil and spacing, and urges improved stock and care to boost quality and early bearing.
The piece recounts a Wayne County farmer's 1840s experience with wheat and sheep. He advocates combining clover, plaster, and sheep to boost yields, notes smut issues in seed, details lambing and wool gains, and argues sheep manure enriches soil. Ayrshire cows and orange culture tips follow.
The article explains methods for shaping quince and other fruit trees into pyramid and dwarf forms, including training a single stem, pruning directions, and staking. It warns about borers and pests, with seasonal care such as September inspections and tar bands to deter canker worms. It also notes varieties like orange and Portugal quince and discusses canker worm control and tar usage details.
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