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• Extension Teaching In Horticulture
  ...st, but not least, better agriculture, better roads, and a higher plane of country life. Horticultural extension is conducted by means of private letters, lectures, publications, correspondence courses, d
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• Persimmon
  ...The most widely grown is the Kaki Persimmon ([[Diospyros kaki]]), followed by the American Persimmon ([[Diospyros virginiana]]). There are less common s ..., but are yet under experiment (cf. "Yearbook, United States Department of Agriculture," 1911, page 416).
  25 KB (3,937 words) - 18:45, 14 April 2011
• Vinca
  |sunset_zones=vary by species ...p://www.emeraldnpso.org/PDFs/Invas_Orn.pdf]</ref>. The U.S. Department of Agriculture lists both ''Vinca major'' and ''Vinca minor'' in a list of invasive vines
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• Violet
  ...erica. Of the double varieties and strains the most widely planted in this country are the Marie Louise (Fig. 3947) in its several forms, including Farquhar a ...ging the soil and manure together by means of wheelbarrows and then mixing by shoveling over the pile, as is done for concrete-mixing. When there are lar
  19 KB (3,235 words) - 15:23, 29 October 2009
• Grapefruit
  ...e shaddock or pummelo is a distinct strain, not grown for commerce in this country. See Citrus (page 782) and Pomelo. ...ith 17,851 boxes in 1899. The total value of the crop in 1909, as reported by the Census, was over $2,000,000.
  11 KB (1,792 words) - 00:31, 8 June 2011
• Allotment
  ...er [[community garden]] types where the entire area is tended collectively by a group of people.<ref>MacNair, E., 2002. The Garden City Handbook: How to ...the association, and have to abide with the corresponding constitution and by-laws. On the other hand, the membership entitles them to certain democratic
  21 KB (3,068 words) - 07:52, 9 September 2009
• Date
  ...e to North Africa or Arabia and extensively planted in countries inhabited by Arabs, and having arid or desert conditions. Figs. 1223-1226. It is also gr ...e the variety, so that propagation of named varieties must be accomplished by other means.
  31 KB (5,215 words) - 18:27, 14 April 2011
• Pomelo
  ...erplexity of similar names, it seems inadvisable to attempt to distinguish by the name pomelo the grapefruit of America from the pummelo of the East Indi ...at some varieties of pummelos were very resistant to citrus canker (caused by Pseudomonas citri), unlike the grapefruit which is very susceptible to this
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• Railroad Garden
  ...nt to be served. Probably nowhere are the main elements more rigidly fixed by the necessities of the case, for the engineering requirements must be met; ...dscape art to real rural conditions will develop when the whole subject of country-planning begins to appeal to the public mind.
  28 KB (4,492 words) - 16:41, 12 December 2009
• Fruit growing
  ...hat is closely associated, in its origin, with the flower. As used in this country, it is the product of a bush or tree or woody vine, the most marked excepti ...e quick assimilation and application of theoretical teachings are afforded by the readiness with which fruit-growers within recent years have adopted the
  34 KB (5,495 words) - 19:39, 21 August 2009
• Solanum tuberosum
  The '''potato''' is a [[starch]]y, [[tuber]]ous [[crop (agriculture)|crop]] from the [[perennial plant|perennial]] ''[[Solanum]] tuberosum'' of .../www.ijdb.ehu.es/abstract.01supp/s37.pdf Regulation of potato tuberization by daylength and gibberellins]</ref>
  29 KB (4,798 words) - 16:59, 2 June 2010
• Vegetable gardening
  ...ong-distance transportation has revolutionized vegetable-gardening in this country (see Packing, Transportation), and crops which were formerly grown only nea ...gely beyond the choice of the gardener, since these matters are determined by the location of the homestead. The general effort in the home-garden is to
  29 KB (4,618 words) - 17:41, 21 October 2009
• Walnut
  ...sh walnut because the supply yearly reached America through England; also, by extension, to other species of the genus Juglans. The name is sometimes, bu ...ented by J. Sieboldiana and allies, promising but yet little grown in this country. To the genus also belongs the butternut, J. cinerea (Fig. 3991), sometimes
  37 KB (5,914 words) - 19:07, 24 December 2009
• Radish
  ...icate that the cultivated radish has not been derived from R. Raphanistrum by cultivation, but that R. sativus is specifically distinct although little k The summer and winter radishes are not popular in this country unless among those of recent foreign origin. The winter radishes in particu
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• Corn
  ...a fungal disease, known in [[Mexico]] as ''huitlacoche'', which is prized by some as a gourmet delicacy in itself. ...by the known fertile hybrids between this species and maize as pointed out by Harshberger. Teosinte and the only other species which show close botanical
  24 KB (3,932 words) - 14:10, 4 June 2010
• Cherry
  ...of the southern hemisphere. For centuries, probably from the beginnings of agriculture, cherries have been valuable fruit-producing trees in Europe and Asia,— i ...d in the Austrian province of Dalmatia a cordial called maraschino is made by a secret process of fermentation and distillation. This liquor is imported
  25 KB (4,117 words) - 01:56, 5 March 2015
• Melon
  ...ard-rinded melons, although the name cantaloupe has become generic in this country for all musk-scented melons. The non-odorous, or at least relatively non-mo ...ntity raised; and in the winter of 1880-81 seeds were distributed to 3,000 country subscribers of the "Bulletin." The melons did not then become popular, howe
  38 KB (6,441 words) - 18:14, 5 January 2010
• Birds
  ...eful to man at some particular moment, and at the same time to be spending by far the greater part of its time eating things that are harmful to man, for ...and there are hosts of insects that are not effectively held within bounds by the sprays. Spraying will never take the place of birds.
  39 KB (6,744 words) - 16:41, 16 February 2010
• Bamboo
  ...ral area for long periods. If neglected, over time they can cause problems by moving into adjacent areas. The second way to control growth is by surrounding the plant or grove with a physical barrier. This method is very
  25 KB (4,021 words) - 19:45, 2 February 2010
• Sweet Pea
  ...at his plant differed only in the color of the flowers from that described by Cupani, and which, he says, occurred frequently in gardens, Burmann proceed ...(1886) and the dark maroon Boreatton (1887). These were followed each year by new colors and improved forms of the flowers. The hooded varieties appeared
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