Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural SocietyWisconsin State Horticultural Society, 1895 |
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... productive . It may be too soft for long shipment , but where markets are found within a radius of fifty or seventy - five miles , it is very valuable . Gregg , with the exception of one or two years , has not proved satisfactory ...
... productive . It may be too soft for long shipment , but where markets are found within a radius of fifty or seventy - five miles , it is very valuable . Gregg , with the exception of one or two years , has not proved satisfactory ...
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... productive than here at home . At the same time one grower had contracted his crop at six cents , berries were retailing at eight cents , while here at home they were selling at twelve and one - half cents . In view of the above facts ...
... productive than here at home . At the same time one grower had contracted his crop at six cents , berries were retailing at eight cents , while here at home they were selling at twelve and one - half cents . In view of the above facts ...
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... productive it heads the list for early ; in 1892 it showed no disposition to bloom ; in 1893 it was worthless after a year of careful culture ; this year the bloom and early pickings were all that could be desired ; why it failed to set ...
... productive it heads the list for early ; in 1892 it showed no disposition to bloom ; in 1893 it was worthless after a year of careful culture ; this year the bloom and early pickings were all that could be desired ; why it failed to set ...
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... productive farther south , are rarely fertile in Wisconsin , and these showed a low percentage of perfect flowers in our plum orchard . This suggests that the failure of pistils may be due , at least in some varieties , to severity of ...
... productive farther south , are rarely fertile in Wisconsin , and these showed a low percentage of perfect flowers in our plum orchard . This suggests that the failure of pistils may be due , at least in some varieties , to severity of ...
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... productive , while , on the other hand , an old tree that has been partially starved , that is , not very rich in latent food , might be so affected by a drouth as to make it non - productive . Q. When do they form their blossom buds ...
... productive , while , on the other hand , an old tree that has been partially starved , that is , not very rich in latent food , might be so affected by a drouth as to make it non - productive . Q. When do they form their blossom buds ...
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A. J. Philips A. L. Hatch acre apple trees B. S. Hoxie-I Baraboo beautiful berries better blackberries blight blossoms Bordeaux mixture boys buds bushels cabbage cents codling moth committee crop cultivation culture currants delegate Deman dollars drouth Duchess early expense experience farm feet flowers Fort Atkinson frost fruit growers garden give Goff grafted grapes ground grow grown growth hardy Horticultural Society horticulture horticulturists inches irrigated Janesville June 13 Kellogg Madison manure meeting moisture mulch never nursery one-half orchard paper Paris green past season pistils plants plums potatoes premium Prof protection pruning R. J. Coe raspberries roots rows secretary seed seedlings small fruits soil Sparta spraying spring strawberries thing tion trial stations varieties Warfield Waupaca Waupaca county weather West Salem Weyauwega winter Wiscon Wisconsin worms
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Page 63 - Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow light, All fashioned with supremest grace Upspringing day and night : — Springing in valleys green and low. And on the mountains high, And in the silent wilderness Where no man...
Page 63 - GOD might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all. "We might have had enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet have had no flowers. The ore within the mountain mine Requireth none to grow ; Nor doth it need the lotus-flower To make the river flow.
Page 221 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Page 233 - And deem that death had left it almost fair, And, laying snow-white flowers against my hair, Would smooth it down with tearful tenderness And fold my hands with lingering caress — Poor hands, so empty and so cold to-night ! If I should die to-night...
Page 233 - Even hearts estranged would turn once more to me Recalling other days remorsefully ; The eyes that chill me with averted glance Would look upon me as of yore, perchance, And...
Page 233 - If I should die to-night, My friends would call to mind, with loving thought, Some kindly deed the icy hand had wrought; Some gentle word the frozen lips had said; Errands on which the willing feet had sped : The memory of my selfishness and pride, My hasty words, would all be put aside. And so I should be loved and mourned to-night.
Page 63 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 58 - Your voiceless lips, O flowers ! are living preachers, Each cup a pulpit, every leaf a book, Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers From loneliest nook. Floral Apostles ! that in dewy splendor "Weep without woe, and blush without a crime...
Page 20 - ... vice-presidents of this society. All officers shall be elected by ballot, and shall hold their office for one year thereafter, and until their successors are elected; provided, the additional exesutive members may be elected by the county or local horticultural societies of their respective districts.
Page 60 - Oft, in the sunless April day, Thy early smile has stayed my walk ; But midst the gorgeous blooms of May, I passed thee on thy humble stalk. So they, who climb to wealth, forget The friends in darker fortunes tried. I copied them — but I regret That I should ape the ways of pride.