Author : Henry T. Williams
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0266387500
The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Vol. 28 by Henry T. Williams Pdf
Excerpt from The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Vol. 28: January to December, 1873 What is needed is that suitable examination be had by some competent person familiar with the method of preparing the Mediterranean figs for boxing and market, and experiment be begun. And the art be learned how to manufacture the now abundant figs into the sweet and dried article of commerce. Certainly lands that grow trees that twice a year cover the ground beneath them with delicious figs, when grown without care, ought with culture and care to produce them by acres, and a process of drying be had that will put tons on tons on the market. If anything is known in the Mediterranean, it were easy to know it here. As grape leaves, and especially seedling variety leaves, this were an easy matter to explain. The culture better begin with the best figs of the whole world. 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.