The American Orchardist: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Culture and Management of Apple and Other Fruit Trees, with Observations on the Diseases to which They are Liable, and Their Remedies. To which is Added the Most Approved Method of Manufacturing and Preserving Cider. Comp. from the Latest and Most Approved Authorities, and Adapted to the Use of American FarmersJ. W. Ingraham, 1822 - 226 σελίδες |
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... worm , by forming a compact substance , through which both the canker moth and worm would be unable to penetrate . It might also serve as a protection against the destructive worm , which bores into the tree near the surface of the ...
... worm , by forming a compact substance , through which both the canker moth and worm would be unable to penetrate . It might also serve as a protection against the destructive worm , which bores into the tree near the surface of the ...
Σελίδα 84
... worm bursts from the egg and commences its ravages . The worms , soon spin for themselves long threads , similar to those of spiders , by which they are suspended in the air , and wafted by the wind from tree to tree , and from one ad ...
... worm bursts from the egg and commences its ravages . The worms , soon spin for themselves long threads , similar to those of spiders , by which they are suspended in the air , and wafted by the wind from tree to tree , and from one ad ...
Σελίδα 85
... lie . To prevent the dreadful ravages of the canker worm , the great object is to keep the female from ascending the trees . For this purpose vari- ous methods have been proposed . A writer in Carey's OF FRUIT TREES . 85.
... lie . To prevent the dreadful ravages of the canker worm , the great object is to keep the female from ascending the trees . For this purpose vari- ous methods have been proposed . A writer in Carey's OF FRUIT TREES . 85.
Σελίδα 86
... worm , it may prevent the miller from rising in the spring ; if when the worm is upon the tree , it may prevent its finding a lodging ; but as in the latter case , the worm might travel some dis- tance beyond the limits of the layer ...
... worm , it may prevent the miller from rising in the spring ; if when the worm is upon the tree , it may prevent its finding a lodging ; but as in the latter case , the worm might travel some dis- tance beyond the limits of the layer ...
Σελίδα 87
... worms . But this me- thod cannot always be taken ; and if it could , he does not suppose it would be quite effectual . He considers tarring as the preferable antidote , and gives the following directions for applying the arti- cle in ...
... worms . But this me- thod cannot always be taken ; and if it could , he does not suppose it would be quite effectual . He considers tarring as the preferable antidote , and gives the following directions for applying the arti- cle in ...
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Σελίδα 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
Σελίδα 69 - OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, DEFECTS, AND INJURIES, | IN ALL KINDS OF FRUIT AND FOREST TREES." WITH AN ACCOUNT OF | A PARTICULAR METHOD OF CURE, | PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT.
Σελίδα 69 - Then take a quantity of dry powder of wood-ashes mixed with a sixth part of the same quantity of the ashes of burnt bones ; put it into a tin box with holes in the top, and shake the powder on the surface of the plaster till the whole is covered...
Σελίδα 199 - In the spring, when the blossoms are out, clear away the dirt, so as to expose the root of the tree, to the depth of three inches ; surround the tree with straw about three feet long, applied lengthwise, so that it may have a covering one inch thick, which extends to the bottom of the hole, the...
Σελίδα 199 - When the white frosts appear, the straw should be removed, and the tree remain uncovered, until the blossoms put out in the spring. " ' By this process, the fly is prevented from depositing its egg within three feet of the root ; and, although it may place the egg above that distance, the worm travels so slow that it cannot reach the ground before frost, and therefore is killed before it is able to injure the tree.
Σελίδα 24 - ... sorts, and not of the old wornout varieties, which latter cannot, in the planting of orchards in common situations, ever form valuable trees, and must end in the disappointment of the planter. Engrafted fruits, I have before said, and I now repeat, are not permanent. Every one of the least reflection must see that there is an essential difference between the power and energy of a seedling plant, and the tree which is to be raised from cuttings or elongations. The seedling is endued with the energies...
Σελίδα 115 - It is the practice with some persons to pick apples in October, and first spread them on the floor of an upper room. This practice is said to render apples more durable, by drying them. But I can affirm this to be a mistake. Apples, after remaining...
Σελίδα 37 - Cleft-grafting, or slit-grafting, is performed on stocks from one to two inches diameter. The head of the stock being carefully cut off, in a sloping direction, a perpendicular cleft, or slit, is to be made about two inches deep, with a knife or chisel, towards the back of the slope, into which a wedge is to be driven, in order to keep it open for the admission of the scion : the latter must now be cut in a perpendicular direction, and in the form of a wedge, so as to fit the incision in the stock....
Σελίδα 69 - Take one bushel of fresh cow-dung, half a bushel of lime rubbish of old buildings, (that from the ceilings of rooms is preferable) half a bushel of wood-ashes, and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit or river sand...
Σελίδα 2 - CLERK'S OFFIcE. BE it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, AD 1830, in the fiftyfifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Gray & Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof...