Pomological notes on grafting and pruning of fruit trees
A pupil describes using copperas to induce large fruit by girdling shoots below flowers and delaying flowering. The guidance details the method: cut through the bark to wood, widen the ring to about half the shoot diameter but not over one fifth of an inch, and manage sap flow by pinching shoots in summer to avoid sap loss and ensure fruit size.
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The
Statesman
Mer Thes Sinny
Dixie
U. S
United States
Gace Tord
Big Black River
Letter from Vitxenuna Mississippi describes cotton economy and war
From Vitxenuna Mississippi dated February 12 1864 Janus Winters writes of a sunny climate and blooming gardens while detailing Yankee activity in leasing abandoned plantations to grow cotton. He recounts civilian misery, freed slaves issues, and the march toward Jackson and Mobile including an incident with Union troops shooting rebels. He notes a forthcoming siege account and ends with moral reflections and a hospital vignette.
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Jackson
McArthur
Big Black
Johnson
Grant
Pemberton
Yazoo
Col. Wood
Indiana
Eoldiers
Case
Guncralk Sherman
Turlbut
Delure
Urant
Janus Winters
Emelian the Fool in a Russian Tale of Wits and Wealth
In a Russian Popular Tale a king deceives a fool by trapping him in a barrel cast into the sea. The fool survives, builds a dazzling island palace with a crystal bridge, and wins the king’s daughter after revealing his true identity. The king resigns, while the fool rules in happiness.
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Starost
Emelian
Emelion
Bearcely
Hera
Emmalian
Dnenalian
Scareey
Persch
Methods to Increase Size of Fruit in Horticulture
Professor Dubreuil discusses principal operations to enlarge fruit size from grafting on quince stock to pruning and thinning. He covers summer and winter pruning, keeping bearing shoots short, thinning fruit when numerous, shortening main branches, supporting fruit weight, and moderating evaporation while avoiding quality loss.
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Dubreuil
Journal de? Academie d Horticulture de Gand
Conversion of Bill Symns and Lincoln’s kindness noted
The tale recounts Bill Symns in a revival scene where Parson Dickson mocks his penitence by sparing him from further blows and later becomes a church member. It also recalls a Washington correspondent’s note on Lincoln’s gentle greeting to girls at a reception, highlighting his consistent kindness and convictions. The piece closes with a fragment on Leap Year customs and a 1600s excerpt about courtship and matrimony.
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Dickson
Pat
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Lynns
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Good Brothers
Parson
Washington
Independent
Lincoln
Evan
Albert
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