The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Spencer Ambrose Beach and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 For one who is interested in growing apples either for home use or for commercial purposes, or in supplying nursery trees for orchard planting, or in any of the industries accessory to that of apple-grow ing, such as storing and marketing the fruit or manufacturing fruit products, it is at times a great advantage to have accessible for ready reference full descriptions of the different varieties of apples, each under the name which pomological authorities are accepting as correct, together with the list of synonyms by which the variety has been known. It is for the purpose of making such information more generally available that this report on the apples of New York has been prepared. This, the first volume of the report, treats of winter apples which are in season with Hubbardston and Tompkins King or later. Earlier varieties are treated in the succeeding volume. The following considerations have generally governed the writer in determining what varieties should be noticed in this report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.