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  2. Budding.

    Everybody who possesses a garden, indeed, everyone who grows only a few fruit trees, should know how to bud. Fruit trees that do not bear satisfactorily can often be considerably ...

    Article : 574 words
  3. Testing Seeds on the Farm.

    It is not with a view of discussing a costly apparatus for testing seeds, by which only absolutely accurate results can be obtained, but rather the utilisation of such ...

    Article : 979 words
  4. Apple Scab.

    This parasitic fungus is commonly known as apple scab, since it attacks apples more frequently than other kinds of fruit. It sometimes occurs, however, on the leaves and fruit of both pears and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 230 words
  5. INSERTING THE BUD.

    When the bud is ready for insertion, take the ivory handle of the budding knife and raise the bark of the stock very carefully at each side of the incision (C D), beginning at the corners below ...

    Article : 615 words
  6. Summer Pruning.

    Although many of the older and more experienced orchardists systematically summer prune their fruit trees, there are many others, judging from inquiries made, who never regulate their tree ...

    Article : 717 words
  7. WHAT BUDDING IS.

    Budding is an operation by which a bud, together with a portion of bark, is removed from one plant and inserted beneath the inner bark of another plant, or the operation may be performed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 578 words
  8. The Use of Sulphur in Drying Fruits.

    Those orchardists who dry fruits on trays made of galvanised wire should never use sulphur, because the sulphur dissolves the zinc, and sulphate of zinc is precipitated upon the fruit, and in this ...

    Article : 304 words
  9. Cider and Dyspepsia.

    The juice of the apple as a beverage has at times been looked upon with suspicion. Those who abstain through fear may be reassured by the results of the Investigators of two French ...

    Article : 114 words
  10. Pure [?] and Sh de for Pigs.

    Always give pigs plenty of pure fresh water and do not compel them to drink out of creeks, or punds where the water stands stagnant. Pigs do not need wallows. Give plenty or shade in ...

    Article : 143 words
  11. Harness Blacking.

    The following ingredients will be found to make good harness blacking: Mutton suet, 2oz; beeswax, 6oz; white sugar, 6oz; soft soap, 2oz; powdered indigo, loz. When all have been melted, ...

    Article : 44 words
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