Soil Culture
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共 297 题- SOIL CULTURE;
- CONTAINING
- A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW
- OF
- BY
- J. H. WALDEN, A. M.
- ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS
- TO
- THE PRACTICAL CULTIVATORS OF THE SOIL,
- THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED,
- BY THEIR SINCERE FRIEND,
- THE AUTHOR.
- PREFATORY NOTE TO THE READER.
- J. H. WALDEN.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- PAGE
- Apple-Worms 22
- Apple-Tree Borer 24
- Caterpillar Eggs 25
- Canker-Worm Moths 25
- Baldwin Apple 34
- Bellflower Apple 35
- Early Harvest Apple 36
- Spitzbergen Apple 37
- Rhode Island Greening 38
- Fall Pippin 39
- Newtown Pippin 40
- Rambo Apple 41
- Rome Beauty 42
- Westfield Seek-no-further 43
- Northern Spy 44
- Roxbury Russet 45
- Swaar Apple 46
- Maiden's Blush 47
- Barberries 56
- Working Bee, Queen and Drone 69
- High-Bush Blackberry 83
- Budding (Six Illustrations) 91
- Cherries (Six Illustrations) 122
- Cranberries 156
- Fig 181
- Cleft and Tongue Grafting 210
- Isabella Grapes 223
- Catawba Grapes 223
- Rebecca Grapes 224
- Delaware Grapes 225
- Hedge-Pruning (4 engravings) 238
- Ground Plan of Farm Buildings 252
- Ground Plan of Piggery 253
- Laying out Curves Illustrated 255
- Ground Plan of Farm-House 255
- Summer-House 256
- Laborer's Cottage 257
- Ground Plan of Laborer's Cottage 257
- Italian Farm-House 258
- Ground Plan of Italian Farm-House 258
- Neglected Peach-Tree 324
- Properly-Trimmed Peach-Tree 324
- Plan of a Pear-Orchard 338
- Bartlett Pear 340
- Beurre Diel Pear 341
- White Doyenne Pear 342
- Flemish Beauty 343
- Seckel 345
- Gray Doyenne Pear 346
- The Curculio 355
- Lawrence's Favorite Plum 356
- Imperial Gage 357
- Egg-Plum 357
- Green Gage 358
- Jefferson Plum 358
- Washington Plum 359
- French Merino Ram 386
- Shepherdia, or Buffalo Berry 390
- Strawberry Blossoms 397
- Fan Training (Four Illustrations) 417, 418
- Horizontal Training (Two Illustrations) 419
- Conical Training (Four Illustrations) 420
- SOIL CULTURE.
- ACCLIMATION.
- ALMONDS.
- APPLES.
- APPLES FOR THE NORTH.
- APPLES FOR THE WESTERN STATES,
- APPLES FOR THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
- We subjoin, from Hooker's excellent Western Fruit-Book, the following--
- LIST OF APPLES FOR THE WESTERN STATES.
- APRICOT.
- ARTICHOKE.
- ASHES.
- ASPARAGUS.
- BALM.
- BARBERRY.
- BARLEY.
- BARNS.
- BEANS.
- BEES AND BEEHIVES.
- BEETS.
- BENE PLANT.
- BIRDS.
- BLACKBERRY.
- The best cultivated varieties are--
- BLACK RASPBERRY.
- BONES.
- BORECOLE, OR KALE.
- BROCCOLI.
- BROOM CORN.
- BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
- BUCKTHORN.
- BUCKWHEAT.
- BUDDING.
- BUSHES.
- BUTTER.
- 1. Keep everything sweet and clean, and well dried in the sun.
- 4. Churn the cream at a temperature of sixty-two degrees.
- BUTTERNUT.
- CABBAGE.
- CALVES.
- The following brief directions are sufficient:--
- CANS.
- CARROTS.
- CAULIFLOWER.
- CELERY.
- CHEESE.
- CHERRY.
- CHARCOAL.
- CHESTNUTS
- CIDER.
- CITRONS
- CLOVER.
- COFFEE BEAN.
- CORN.
- COTTON.
- COWS.
- SIXTH CLASS.
- EIGHTH CLASS.
- CRANBERRY.
- CUCUMBERS.
- CURRANTS.
- DAIRY.
- DECLENSION OF FRUITS.
- DILL.
- DRAINS.
- DUCKS.
- DWARFING.
- EARLY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
- EGG PLANT.
- EGGS.
- ELDERBERRY.
- ENDIVE.
- FEEDING ANIMALS.
- FENCES.
- FENNEL.
- FIGS.
- 1. _Brunswick._--Very hardy, productive, and excellent.
- FISH.
- FLAX.
- FLOWERS.
- FOWLS.
- FRUIT.
- FRUITFULNESS.
- GARDEN.
- GARLIC.
- GATHERING FRUITS.
- GEESE.
- GOOSEBERRY.
- 3. _Woodward's Whitesmith_--is one of the best of the white varieties.
- 4. _Cleworth's White Lion._--Large and late; excellent.
- 6. _Early Green Hairy._--Very early; rather small; prolific.
- GRAFTING.
- GRAPES.
- GRASSES.
- 7. _Red Clover and White Clover._--See article "Clover."
- GREENHOUSE.
- GYPSUM, OR PLASTER OF PARIS.
- HARROWING.
- HAY.
- HEDGE.
- HEMP.
- HOEING.
- HOPS.
- HORSE.
- HORSERADISH.
- HOTBEDS.
- HOUSES.
- HYBRIDS.
- INARCHING.
- INSECTS.
- IRON FILINGS.
- IRRIGATION.
- LABELS.
- LANDSCAPE GARDENS.
- 1. Place the house some distance from the main street.
- 3. Have no large trees directly in front of the house.
- LAYERING.
- LAYING IN TREES.
- LEEKS.
- LEMON.
- LETTUCE.
- LICORICE.
- LIME.
- LIME.
- LOCATION.
- LOCUST-TREES.
- MANURES.
- 1. The substances of which manures are composed.
- 2. Preparation and saving of manures.
- 3. Time and modes of application.
- 4. The principles of their action upon plants.
- MARL.
- MARJORUM.
- MELONS.
- MILLET.
- MINT.
- MULBERRY.
- MULCHING.
- MUSHROOMS
- MUSTARD.
- NASTURTIUM.
- NECTARINE.
- NEW FRUITS.
- NURSERY.
- NUTS.
- OAKS.
- OATS.
- OKRA.
- OLIVES.
- ONIONS.
- 1. _The Large Red._--One of the most valuable.
- 2. _The Yellow._--Large and profitable, keeping better than any other.
- ORANGES.
- ORCHARDS.
- OXEN.
- PARSLEY.
- PARSNIPS.
- PASTURES.
- PEAS.
- PEACH.
- PEAR.
- PEPPERS.
- PEPPERGRASS.
- PLOWING.
- PLUM.
- POMEGRANATE.
- POTATO.
- PUMPKIN.
- QUINCE.
- RABBITS.
- RADISH.
- RASPBERRY.
- RHUBARB.
- RICE.
- ROCKS.
- ROLLER.
- ROOT CROPS.
- SAFFRON.
- SAGE.
- SALSIFY, OR VEGETABLE OYSTER.
- SCRAPING LAND.
- SEEDS.
- SHEEP.
- SHEPHERDIA OR BUFFALO BERRY.
- SOILS.
- SPINAGE, OR SPINACH.
- SQUASH.
- STRAWBERRY.
- 1. Make the ground very rich.
- 4. Never allow the vines to become very thick, but thin them out.
- SUGAR.
- SUMMER-SAVORY.
- SUNFLOWER.
- SWEET POTATO.
- SWINE.
- TOBACCO.
- TOMATO.
- TOOLS.
- TRAINING.
- TRANSPLANTING.
- TURNIP.
- WHEAT.
- 2. Under-drain thoroughly all wheat-land, except that on a dry subsoil.
- 7. Harvest wheat before the straw becomes dry, or the grain hard.
- WHORTLEBERRY.
- WILLOW.
- WINE.
- WOODLANDS.
- POULTRY.
- 1. Do not feed fowls at all for twenty-four hours before killing them.
- AGRICULTURAL PERIODICALS.
- NAME OF PAPER. PLACE OF PUBLICATION.
- INDEX.
- Kale; 86
- Quince; 372
- AGRICULTURAL BOOKS,
- PUBLISHED BY
- A. O. MOORE,
- 140 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK,