[August, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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AMERICAfTpOMOLOGY. 
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By DOCT. JOHN A. WARDER. 
HISTORY. 
PROPAGATION. 
BUDS. CUTTINGS. 
SITE FOR AN ORCHARD. 
PREPARATION OF SOIL. 
SELECTION; PLANTING. 
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NEW WORK FOR FRUIT GROWERS. 
PEACH CULTURE. 
BY 
JAMES ALEXANDER PULTON, 
DOVER, DEI,AWARE. 
11,1.1 S'l’I ’ ATKI). 
Within the last few years, fruit culture, in all its vari¬ 
eties, has greatly increased in this country ; so that, to¬ 
day, it is one of the leading interests. Among the fruits, 
the Peach , if not the most, is one of the most important 
of all. It is so easily raised, comes into bearing so soon, 
and is so delicious, as well as beautiful, it is impossible 
that it should not be a favorite. The consequence is 
that, in ilie sections specially conducive to its cultivation, 
almost every farm lias an orchard, and some farms are 
but one continuous orchard ; and sometimes farm after 
farm is devoted to peaches. Some planters have set as 
many as twenty thousand trees in a single season. Or¬ 
chards of twenty, thirty, and fifty acres are not at all 
infrequent. Living in the very center of the peach-grow¬ 
ing district; sharing the common interest felt in the sub¬ 
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vidual planters themselves, and also to the community at 
largo ; and believing that a lasting benefit could lie done 
to both, the author lias been induced to prepare, and now 
offers to Hie public this work on peach culture. 
CONTENTS: 
Introduction. 
Chapter l.—Sil.c of Nursery. 
Chapter II.—Seed. 
Chapter III.—Seed-bed. 
Chapter IV. —Preparation of Ground for Nursery. 
Chapter V.—Planting the Seed. 
Chapter VI.—Nursery Cultivation. 
Chapter VII.—Buds. 
Chapter VIII. — Budding. 
Chapter IX.—Cultivation of Buds. 
Chapter X.—Taking Up and Sending to Market. 
Chapter. XI. — Selecting a Site for an Orchard 
Chapter XII.—Planting an Orchard. 
Chapter XIII. — Orchard Cultivation. 
Chapter XIV.—Coming In. 
Chapter XV. — Baskets and Crates. 
Chapter XVI. — Transportation. 
Chapter XVII. — Consignees. 
Chapter XVIII. — Ladders. 
Chapter XIX. — Shipping. 
Chapter XX.—Picking. 
Chapter XXI.—Returns. 
Chapter XXII. — Markets. 
Chapter XXIII. — Profit. 
Chapter XXIV.—Culture after a Crop. 
Chapter XXV. — Uses. 
Chapter XXVI. — Insects and Diseases. 
Chapter XXyiL—Special Culture. 
Chapter XXVIII.— 1 The Peach-House. 
Chapter XXIX. — Varieties. 
Chapter XXX.—Descriptive Catalogue. 
Chapter XXXI.—Fancy Varieties. 
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A NEW WORK ON THE CRANBERRY. 
CRANBERRY 
CULTITR E. 
BY 
JOSEPH J. WHITE, 
A practicau grower. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
In view of the rapidly increasing demand for a reliable 
guide, or text-book for the cranberry eulturist, the author 
has attempted, with the liberal aid of some of the most 
successful growers, to prepare such a work. 
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er of the present time. The business lias increased 
enormously within the last ten years, and knowledge and 
experience have kept pace with that increase. The in¬ 
sufficiency of the works upon this subject, which have 
hitherto been taken as books of reference, is very ap¬ 
parent.. 
Fifty years ago, one embarking extensively in the cul¬ 
tivation of t lie cranberry would have been comparable 
to a-craft putting to sea without chart or compass. 
Doubts would have accompanied his progress, and the 
possibility of profit resulting-from his labors have been 
exceedingly uncertain, for the reason that the wrong 
courses to be pursued were far more numerous than the 
right ones. Hence it was that the early cultivators ven¬ 
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Many failed, but failures, although unpleasant, are. not. 
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having laid the foundation of successful cultivation. 
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its pages. 
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to cranberry growing, and so much rash speculation in 
the business, that a well-considered work like this is 
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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I.—Natural History. 
CHAPTER II.—History of Cultivation. 
CHAPTER III.—Choice of Locations. 
CHAPTER IV. — Preparing the Ground. 
CHAPTER V—Planting the Vines.. 
CHAPTER VI. — Management of Meadows. 
CHAPTER VII.—Flooding. 
CHAPTER VIII— Enemies and Difficulties Overcome. 
CHAPTER IX— Picking. 
CHAPTER X—Keeping. 
CHAPTER XL—Profit and Loss. 
CHAPTER XII—Letters from Practical Growers. 
APPENDIX— Insects Injurious to the Cranberry. 
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