Annual Report of the Indiana State Horticultural Society; Proceedings of the Annual Session, Volume 42The Society, 1903 |
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... disease are not so prevalent , and trees bear better when planted in larger Cultivation would porbably be better done in the case of the large orchard , for tools adapted to the business would be purchased . Perhaps one of the best ...
... disease are not so prevalent , and trees bear better when planted in larger Cultivation would porbably be better done in the case of the large orchard , for tools adapted to the business would be purchased . Perhaps one of the best ...
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... diseases and the larvae of many insects make inroads in the green foliage . The thorough and systematic use of the sprayer is acknowledged everywhere . Poisonous solutions to be applied ere the buds fairly burst , and extending till a ...
... diseases and the larvae of many insects make inroads in the green foliage . The thorough and systematic use of the sprayer is acknowledged everywhere . Poisonous solutions to be applied ere the buds fairly burst , and extending till a ...
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... diseases . Spraying should be done as a preventative and not as a curative . The grower should ac- quaint himself with these pests and the best methods to combat them , and then spray at the proper time and with the proper material ...
... diseases . Spraying should be done as a preventative and not as a curative . The grower should ac- quaint himself with these pests and the best methods to combat them , and then spray at the proper time and with the proper material ...
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... disease and insects . Its fault is overbearing , making apples small , rendering it an alternate bearer . Yellow Transparent is of good quality , and sells well . However , its bad points are more than its good ones . Is a favorite with ...
... disease and insects . Its fault is overbearing , making apples small , rendering it an alternate bearer . Yellow Transparent is of good quality , and sells well . However , its bad points are more than its good ones . Is a favorite with ...
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... disease , and that will withstand dry and cold weather , and will make a business bed . Different kinds of soil will require different varieties of plants . On low marsh land I would advise the Parker type of plant ; on light sand , the ...
... disease , and that will withstand dry and cold weather , and will make a business bed . Different kinds of soil will require different varieties of plants . On low marsh land I would advise the Parker type of plant ; on light sand , the ...
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acres in nursery acres small fruits apple growing apple trees barrel bearing beautiful Ben Davis apples berries better blight branches buds Burton bushels C. M. Hobbs cent Central Indiana cold storage color County crop cultivation Daniel Cox Davis apples disease E. Y. Teas early farm farmers flowers forest fruit growers grapes green Greene County ground grown growth H. H. Swaim Hale Henry Ward Beecher Horticultural Indianapolis insects Jay County Keiffer Lagrange land lawn limbs Location locust Madison Marion Northern Indiana nursery stock orchard orchardist Osage orange package packing peach pear Pendleton picked plant plum President Stevens profitable pruning Ratliff ripen roots San Jose scale season Secretary shade trees shrubs soil South Bend spraying spring strawberry summer Sylvester Johnson things trim varieties vines W. B. Flick W. C. Reed W. W. Stevens Winesap winter Wolcottville
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Page 144 - I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Page 4 - Returned by the Auditor of State, with above certificate, and transmitted to Secretary of State for publication, upon the order of the Board of Commissioners of Public Printing and Binding. CHAS. E. WILSON, Private Secretary. Filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana, January 7, 1903.
Page 130 - Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Page 4 - Received by the Governor, examined and referred to the Auditor of State for verification of the financial statement. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF STATE, INDIANAPOLIS, December 22, 1905.
Page 146 - 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.
Page 128 - HE who plants a tree Plants a hope. Rootlets up through fibres blindly grope; Leaves unfold into horizons free. So man's life must climb From the clods of time Unto heavens sublime. Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree, What the glory of thy boughs shall be? He who plants a tree Plants a...
Page 259 - ... reputation with us ; the Rhode Island Greening is eaten for the sake of " auld lang syne;" the Roxbury russet is not yet in bearing — instead of it several false varieties have been presented at our exhibitions. All the classic apples of your orchards are planted here, but are yet on probation. Nothing can exhibit better the folly of trusting to seedling orchards for fruit, for a main supply, than our experience in this matter. The early settlers could not bring trees from Kentucky, Virginia...
Page 128 - He who plants a tree, He plants love; Tents of coolness spreading out above Wayfarers he may not live to see, Gifts that grow are best; Hands that bless are blest; Plant: Life does the rest!
Page 260 - Of all the number presented, not six have vindicated their claims to a name or a place — and not more than three will probably be known ten years hence. While, then, we encourage cultivators to raise seedlings experimentally, it is the clearest folly to reject the established varieties and trust to inferior seedling orchards. From facts which I have collected there has been planted, during the past year, in this State, at least one hundred thousand apple trees.
Page 259 - Doyenne) more nearly than any apple in our orchards, an enormous bearer — some limbs exhibited were clustered with fruit more like bunches of grapes than apples; Milam, favorite early winter; Rambo, the same. But the apple most universally cultivated is the Vandervere Pippin, only a second or third rate table apple, but having other qualities which quite ravish the hearts of our farmers. The tree is remarkably vigorous and healthy; It almost never fails in a crop. When others miss, the Vandervere...