Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 25W. White, 1878 - Agriculture Vols. for 1889-1894, 1906-1912 issued with the Annual report of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; vols. for 1895-1905 issued with the Annual report of the Hatch Environment Station of the Massachnusetts Agricultural College. |
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Page 12
... apple . The sandy loams , gravelly loams , and loams , are well adapted to growing all cultivated crops and for market gardening , and the clay loams are very productive when well drained . The farming of the northern part of the county ...
... apple . The sandy loams , gravelly loams , and loams , are well adapted to growing all cultivated crops and for market gardening , and the clay loams are very productive when well drained . The farming of the northern part of the county ...
Page 13
... apples , Middlesex County produces about one - fourth part . As I have said before , the southern and central parts of this county are very largely engaged in the production of all kinds of vegetables for market ; and , as an ...
... apples , Middlesex County produces about one - fourth part . As I have said before , the southern and central parts of this county are very largely engaged in the production of all kinds of vegetables for market ; and , as an ...
Page 30
... Apples and onions keep well in barrels in a cool , dry cellar ; the other roots do well in bins piled about four feet deep , with openings in the sides and bottom for slight circulation of air , and a light covering of hay over them ...
... Apples and onions keep well in barrels in a cool , dry cellar ; the other roots do well in bins piled about four feet deep , with openings in the sides and bottom for slight circulation of air , and a light covering of hay over them ...
Page 62
... apples . If we cut down through these apples , we find seeds in them . There is not one in this audience who has not cut an apple open hundreds of times . Many of you have cut them open to - day , I presume . Now , an apple - seed has a ...
... apples . If we cut down through these apples , we find seeds in them . There is not one in this audience who has not cut an apple open hundreds of times . Many of you have cut them open to - day , I presume . Now , an apple - seed has a ...
Page 63
... apple , — a fruit that you have all around you , and cut open and eat every day ! What is the use of standing here , and talking about observ- ing , when this is the result ? Some six or eight voted to put it towards the stem , and ...
... apple , — a fruit that you have all around you , and cut open and eat every day ! What is the use of standing here , and talking about observ- ing , when this is the result ? Some six or eight voted to put it towards the stem , and ...
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