There they stand, the
Trees, by far the largest living things we know, rooted fast in the
earth with their heads raised to heaven. And they are there, or so
we may tell ourselves, for our special benefit... Close
contemplation of a tall tree can arouse animal awe, if not
reverence, in the most heedless mind. Put your hands on the massive
bole. Look up through the soaring complex of limbs and fingers
stretching aloft and outward for sunlight. Reflect that this is not
a cold inanimate object like a stone, but a viable organism quick
with protoplasmic life in every part, from the tenderest leaflets in
its crown to gossamer filaments in the hidden root system...
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Compost
Fruit Growing
There are few parts of the country where some fruit at least cannot be grown.
Except on high ground-where houses and gardens are rare in any case-there are
but few districts in which some fruit, whether apples or pears, plums or
cherries, blackcurrants or strawberries, to mention but a few of the subjects
available, cannot be produced under small garden conditions...
Some gardens are steep and this makes for difficult working but bush apples,
pears and plums may be grown under these conditions, as well as soft fruit. Rows
of the latter should run across the slope to prevent soil being washed down to
the lowest levels in heavy rain.
One of the main difficulties with top fruit, and to some extent with certain
soft fruit crops, is exposure to cold winds in spring at blossom time. One can
do little in an exposed position to cut down wind damage, as a screen of trees
may be quite impracticable. In many gardens, soft fruit crops may be attacked by
birds. To ensure that a harvest is obtained, a fruit cage has to be built or, on
a small scale, the crops "netted"...
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Studies of Trees - Jacob Joshua Levison
There are many ways in which the problem of
identifying trees may be approached. The majority attempt to recognize trees by
their leaf characters. Leaf characters, however, do not differentiate the trees
during the other half of the year when they are bare. In this chapter the
characterizations are based, as far as possible, on peculiarities that are
evident all year round. In almost every tree there is some one trait that marks
its individuality and separates it, at a glance, from all other trees.
The School Book of
Forestry -
Charles Lathrop Pack
Our forests are exposed to destruction by many enemies, the worst of which is
fire. From 8,000,000 to 12,000,000 acres of forest lands annually are burned
over by destructive fires. These fires are started in many different ways. They
may be caused by sparks or hot ashes from a locomotive. Lightning strikes in
many forests every summer, particularly those of the Western States, and ignites
many trees. In the South people sometimes set fires in order to improve the
grazing. Settlers and farmers who are clearing land often start big brush fires
that get out of their control.
The Yosemite
-
John Muir
Of all the world's eighty or ninety species of pine trees, the Sugar Pine (Pinus
Lambertiana) is king, surpassing all others, not merely in size but in lordly
beauty and majesty. In the Yosemite region it grows at an elevation of from 3000
to 7000 feet above the sea and attains most perfect development at a height of
about 5000 feet. The largest specimens are commonly about 220 feet high and from
six to eight feet in diameter four feet from the ground, though some grand old
patriarch may be met here and there that has enjoyed six or eight centuries of
storms and attained a thickness of ten or even twelve feet, still sweet and
fresh in every fiber.
Success With Small Fruits
-
E. P. Roe
As Mr. Durand well puts it, new
varieties, to be of value, should produce berries that “measure from four to
eight inches in circumference, of good form, color and flavor; very large
specimens are not expected to be perfect in form, yet those of medium size
should always be. The calyx should never be imbedded in the flesh, which should
be sufficiently firm to carry well, and withstand all changes of our variable
climate. The texture should be fine, flesh rich, with a moderate amount of
acid—no more than just sufficient to make it palatable with sugar as a table
berry.
Tea Leaves
- Francis Leggett and Co
In both China and the East Indies a common custom prevails of planting tea
bushes about four feet apart, each way, and they are pruned down to a height
varying from three to six feet, to bring the topmost leaves within reach of the
picker. In both named countries, a first crop of tea leaves may be gathered from
the plant at three years from the seed...
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