Transactions of the American Horticultural Society, Volume 5The Society, 1888 - Fruit-culture List of members in each volume. |
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Page 263 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers...
Page 5 - This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any regular meeting.
Page 38 - A NOBLE OCCUPATION. The business of fruit-growing is one of the noblest occupations of the world, if carried on with a faithful spirit. The results of our work contribute directly and powerfully to the betterment of mankind. We minister to the health and the moral stature of the community. I would have every horticulturist regard his vocation with becoming pride. We work with the great forces of nature. We form alliances with the sunshine and the rain, and the secret affinities of the soil. We manipulate...
Page 227 - When once heated it loses a part of the nutty flavor, and is liable to become rancid when exposed to the air. It should be kept in an ordinarily cool place, not exposed to sunlight or heat; neither should it be handled any more than is absolutely necessary in the filtering and bottling, and should not be shaken after bottling. The mucilage contained in the oil will not separate for a long time after the oil is ready for use, and as it does not injure it, is not therefore objectionable. It will sometimes...
Page 163 - The Huckleberry is one of those fruits which have always been neglected ; none of our horticultural writers have deemed it worthy of any particular description, and but very few have thought it worthy of mention. Why this neglect, I am at loss to understand, for the Huckleberry possesses naturally better qualities than even the Currant and Gooseberry.
Page 34 - ... associations, because I believe. that the great horticultural movement of this age is doing far more for the higher civilization than all the factories and forges and trade guilds in the land. Let us labor generously toward that millennial day when every cottage shall shine with some of the beauty and every laborer's table carry some of the fruits of our art. — Parker Earle's address before the American Horticultural Society. . FLOWERS. In lifting our hoiue plants in autumn, heat must be avoided....
Page 199 - Entomologist, dated December, 1887, he says : 1 " In the main I have followed your suggestion while here in April last, in preparing the kerosene emulsion, viz. to emulsify with resin compound, and use the arsenic acid in addition. I am glad that your hopes in this wash are verified. In every instance where your proposed arsenic acid was added, either to emulsified kerosene or resin compound, there has been a complete extermination of the scales.
Page 226 - Barbara the crop of 1880, as also that of 1878, was unusually late in ripening, not being ready to pick before the middle of January — a delay of fully two months— the cause, no doubt, owing to the extraordinary rainfall of these two years. The fruit should be gathered as soon as it turns purple, and before fully ripe, as the oil will be lighter in color and more fragrant, but somewhat less in quantity. In Europe the common method of gathering the berries is to knock them from the trees with...
Page 227 - The crushed olives are put in the press in cheeses about three feet square and three inches thick, with wooden slats between each cheese. Ten or more cheeses can be put in at each pressing. I use coarse linen cloth to contain the crushed olives. The fluid that is expressed is put in large tanks and left for sixty to ninety days, when the oil will separate, and, being lighter, will rise to the top, where it can be drawn off. The pomace, after the first pressing, is recrushed, and by pouring hot water...
Page 160 - extensive trials which are now being made by various cultivators to produce new varieties from these." closing with the prophecy, already fulfilled, that " there is little doubt that in a few years we shall have many new native sorts, combining the good qualities of tho best foreign grapes with the hardiness of the indigenous ones and with also the necessary adaptation to the various soils and climates of the United States.