Annual Report of the Indiana State Horticultural Society; Proceedings of the Annual Session, Volume 42The Society, 1903 |
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... feet , with an average elevation of nearly 900 feet above the gulf climate , modified by proximity to the great lakes , and not subject to destructive spring frost , presents an in- viting field for the labors of the commercial grower ...
... feet , with an average elevation of nearly 900 feet above the gulf climate , modified by proximity to the great lakes , and not subject to destructive spring frost , presents an in- viting field for the labors of the commercial grower ...
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... feet above the sea level ; near by a deep gulch hundreds of feet deep ; in front a sparkling stream winding its way to the Ohio , with rich , fertile valleys suitable for corn , wheat , oats and rye ; and to the left and all around you ...
... feet above the sea level ; near by a deep gulch hundreds of feet deep ; in front a sparkling stream winding its way to the Ohio , with rich , fertile valleys suitable for corn , wheat , oats and rye ; and to the left and all around you ...
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... feet from the ground better for spraying and picking the fruit . Sort nicely when you send to market - never put in a poor fruit , and you can get two or three dollars per bushel and no grumbling . I have more orders than I can fill ...
... feet from the ground better for spraying and picking the fruit . Sort nicely when you send to market - never put in a poor fruit , and you can get two or three dollars per bushel and no grumbling . I have more orders than I can fill ...
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... feet , if the soil be fertile enough , and enough fertilizing material is applied from time to time to keep up sufficient fertility to produce a good crop of fruit and fruiting wood . Strong - growing varieties are usually planted eight ...
... feet , if the soil be fertile enough , and enough fertilizing material is applied from time to time to keep up sufficient fertility to produce a good crop of fruit and fruiting wood . Strong - growing varieties are usually planted eight ...
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Indiana Horticultural Society. eight to nine by ten feet apart . Grapes are generally planted somewhat deeper in heavy soil than on light soils . Ten to fourteen inches is about the right depth to plant . No. 1 one - year or two - year ...
Indiana Horticultural Society. eight to nine by ten feet apart . Grapes are generally planted somewhat deeper in heavy soil than on light soils . Ten to fourteen inches is about the right depth to plant . No. 1 one - year or two - year ...
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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...