How to Select Fruit Trees and Train Them Pear Culture
A detailed guide on choosing pear orchard stock, emphasizing nurseries over traveling agents, root health, and proper top growth. It argues against deep planting, overwatering roots, and sun exposure, and stresses careful training, pruning, ground prep, and sound grafting practices to avoid blight and ensure long term fruitfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Bonne
Oswego Beurre
Dearborn
Urbaniste
Rostieger
Vicar of
Winkfield
Hough
Stephens
Genesee
Madelaine Ditto
Tyson
Lawrence
Beurre d’ Anjou
Duchess
Doyenne Vauersock
Doyenne Bauersock
Beurre d’Anjou
Louise Bonne
California
Bartletts
Louis Boune
Bartiletts
Anjou
Clairgeau
Howell
Secker
Souis Bonne
Sheldon
Orchard No. 1
Orchard No 2
Beekeeping Varieties and Squash Cultivation Highlight 19th Century Practices
The article surveys several bee races including Italian and Carniolan varieties, and Smyrnian bees, noting their vigor, gentleness, and honey output. It contrasts Egyptian bees and common European stock, while recommending Carniolans for beginners and noting 1875 harvest differences. It then shifts to squash cultivation, detailing soil, manuring, planting times, pest control, and storage, with varieties such as Boston Marrow and Hubbard.
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Carniola
Austria
Adriatic
Europe
Uite
Hatem
Banat
Hungary
Carniolans
Smyrna
Asia
Newfoundland
British America
Vancouver's
The Poultry Yard on Eggs for Hatching and Advice
This piece discusses the challenges of shipping eggs for hatching, noting variable hatch-success even from similar orders. It argues most sellers are enthusiasts who love fanciers’ interests, warns against low-price stock, and stresses buying the best stock from reputable breeders. It also covers hens readiness, the value of quality stock, and practical tips on artificial hatching and soil amendments for crops.
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Weatchester County
Niagara County
Westchester
Cba
The Cabbage Crop Guidance and Cautionary Notes
The article warns cabbages demand rich soil and high culture, with early varieties profitable only where a market exists. It details intensive prep, seed starting February, transplanting in boxes, hardening in cold frames, and careful spacing, noting high labor and uncertain markets may offset gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fottier
Brunswick
Winningstadt
Illinois
Root Pruning Tomatoes and Strawberry Bed Tips
In 1878 Connecticut agricultural notes explain root pruning to improve transplant success for tomato seedlings. By lifting two to three inch seedlings into fresh soil, secondary roots erupt, enabling better moisture uptake and sturdier plants. Also discussed is strawberry gardening, urging broader cultivation for home use and sharing Wilton strawberry experiences to optimize yields and plant health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Day
Tam
Wilsons
Boeing
Peanut-Preparations and Currants for Profit in Rural News
Practical advice on peanut cultivation from seed selection to planting and soil prep, plus currant growing guidance with varieties and pest control. Includes grass sowing, manure cautions, and a brief note on the Bishop’s European visit and other rural topics.
Market plans for Hubbard squash and tomato varieties
The article outlines timing and pricing for marketable produce, noting sales start around ten cents per head then decline to five to seven cents. It discusses planting Hubbard squashes with alternate rows, and lists varieties including Wyman, Jersey Wakefield, Henderson's early summer, Winniingstadt, and Fottler's Brunswick as popular choices, highlighting their emergence and sizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Norfolk
Hubbard
Jersey
Poughkeepsie
Colonel Cheney
Seth Boyden
Wilson
Artichokes and Strawberries Prompt Stock Feed Debate
A farmer extols Jerusalem artichokes as superior stock feed, noting hardy growth in poor soils, high yields, and cows preferring tops. The piece discusses cultivation, tops feeding effects, and compares artichokes with potatoes, plus comments on quality and hardiness. The text also covers strawberry advice including Wilson and Monarch of the West varieties, planting, feeding, and market notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
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Tom Werxekiy Gross
Mass
N. Ohmer
Ohio Horticultural Society
Rocky Mountains
Ecay
Eves
Dorkings
Connecticut Board of Agriculture
Witus
New Yorker
Mark Gray
Edwin Booth
Joannnes
McQuaid
Rochester
Holy City
Father O'Hare
J. M. Smith
Wisconsin Horticultural Society
Duncan
Boden
Menber
Mr. Smith
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