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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Excerpt from The Illustrated Strawberry Culturist It is now twenty-five years since I wrote the first edition of the Strawberry Culturist. At that time but little attention had been paid to the cultivation of this best of all berries, and, with the exception of an occasional basket or crate of the Hovey and Wilson, New York markets were mostly supplied with the little Crimson Cone and Scotch Runner raised in New Jersey. From time to time new...

Excerpt from CulturistBy cultivation, man has produced a double ¿ower on the rose, peach, cherry, apple, plum, etc., from the single ¿ower of nature.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original ...

Excerpt from The Small Fruit Culturist Jena, translated in int'o German, and a very handsome edition was brought out by Bernhard Friedrich Voight, of Weimar. This being the first horticultural book written by an American which has been translated and published in Germany, I cannot but feel that it is not only a com pliment to the a'uthor, but to American horticulturists generally. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of th...

Excerpt from The Nut Culturist: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting and Cultivation of Nut-Bearing Trees and Shrubs, Adapted to the Climate of the United States, With the Scientific and Common Names of the Fruits Known in Commerce as Edible or Otherwise Useful Nuts I am not attempting to pose as the one wise man engaged in rural affairs, but am merely recounting my per sonal Observation and experience, having in my younger days taken the ...

Excerpt from The Grape Culturist: A Treatise on the Cultivation of the Native GrapeNow my publishers inform me that the original plates are worn out, by long and continued use, and that the book must be reset or relegated to that bourn, known to the trade as out of print, and where so many of my worthy contemporaries have found a resting place during the past three decades of grape culture.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds ...

Excerpt from Practical Forestry: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting, and Cultivation, With a Description, and the Botanical and Popular Names of All the Indigenous Trees of the United States, Both Evergreen and Deciduous, Together With Notes on a Large Number of the Most Valuable ExThe preface of a book is usually considered the proper place for an author to give his reasons for writing it. Following the usual custom in this matter, I may...

Excerpt from The Propagation of Plants: Giving the Principles Which Govern the Development and Growth of Plants, Their Botanical Affinities and Peculiar Properties, Also, Descriptions of the Process by Which Varieties and Species Are Crossed or Hybridized, and the Many Different Methods by Whic Horticulture as a science is as yet in its infancy, and while we know something of the botanical relationships Of plants as exhibited in the ¿oral org...

Excerpt from Woodward's Record of Horticulture: For 1866Books should be the concentrations of best thoughts, the results of a fixed purpose to do good by advancing that branch of science to which they are devoted. A book may be fictitious, dealing entirely with the imaginary, still it can be truthful.-no theories will be accepted at the present day, no matter upon what subject they may be advanced, unless they can be demonstrated. Assertions h...

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Excerpt from Woodward's Record of Horticulture, Vol. 2The success that attended the first, bids us hope for the second, although we are not confident that it is in any respect superior to its predecessor.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to d...

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