Pamphlets on Plant Diseases (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...trouble at 80 cents and f 1.00 per bushel, as they were so much better than any we had in our section. I think it would be profitable to the nurserymen of this country to make an effort to develop such favorable sections into practical fruit culture. I am most confident that over one-third of the State is a first-class fruit country, and right in the midst of the best markets, viz: the large and rich coal country. I believe it would be a good plan for this association to make an effort to have the State Board of Agriculture secure good lecturers for their institutes in Pennsylvania. To lecture not only on spraying, but to explain and instruct the farmers how to pack and market, as growers in all those sections seem to be ignorant of the system of packing. In regard to packing, I think a good plan would be to pak in boxes and have them returned same as berry crates. I think it is a very important point to make fruit growing a success with as little expense and labor as possible, and to establish a market for all the fruit that can be grown. This will surely bring us a demand for more fruit. I also find that a good many more apples could be sold in Pennsylvania at good prices if growers would make more of an effort to find a market. I am safe to say that one-half of the families in the rich Lehigh valley had no apples last winter and they would have been very willing to pay 75 cents a bushel for good, nice apples. Another good plan for this association would be to establish fruit growers' associations, and employ good, responsible men to find a market and handle the fruit. This is not only true as to apples and pears; they are also growing the finest and best peaches in the Pennsylvania mountains. In Juni ata county I saw thousands of baskets of the very best...