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Transactions of the Indiana Horticultural Society (Volume 40)

Transactions of the Indiana Horticultural Society (Volume 40)

Society, Indiana Horticultural

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ISBN10: 115386245X
ISBN13: 9781153862455
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... mulches in this way and keeps the ground moist and in excellent condition, and has probably the finest apple orchard in the State. He has the greatest variety, and a very fine quality of apples. The President: In explanation of Mrs. Stevens's remarks it is well to bear in mind that the orchard she is referring to is planted on very rolling land, and constant cultivation is impracticable. Mr. Burton grows clover in his orchard. His land is quite rolling. Professor Van Deman: There is one thing I forgot. In the State of New York, Mr. J. S. Woodward, at Lockport, is one of the best orchardists in the State. He believes in keeping the orchard in grass and using sheep. He says he does things that will be very dangerous for anybody else to try. He feeds the sheep grain and bran and other things, and he puts into the orchard manure instead of taking something from the orchard and putting it into the sheep. Professor Burrill: I do not own a foot of soil in which commercial orchards are planted. If there is any one speech that I should like to have framed this morning it would be Mr. Stevens's over here, provided I believed it. I have heard that story before, but I never heard it, so well told. I believe it is entirely possible to put enthusiasm into this Society and into the fruit-growers of Indiana until this room will not contain your Society, and so that the State will hardly contain the enthusiasm of the people living in it. I don't think we are any smarter in Illinois than you are in Indiana, but I know some who have done better than $50 an acre on an average year in and year out for the past five years, and those years have not been especially good apple years. Yet there have been a lot of folks that have not done anything at all. I have...

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