. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1087 It s sa 1 that the app es vere p he rock and crushed hj n ea rel c of the last century pHoel n the ere lar groove 1 we ght roll g o er the farther s de aud gin. As early as 1760, cions of Anii'rk-:ni VMriclirs wire sent to England. Before the ReVMlui i'.n, a|ipli - were exported. The origination of indigii
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. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1087 It s sa 1 that the app es vere p he rock and crushed hj n ea rel c of the last century pHoel n the ere lar groove 1 we ght roll g o er the farther s de aud gin. As early as 1760, cions of Anii'rk-:ni VMriclirs wire sent to England. Before the ReVMlui i'.n, a|ipli - were exported. The origination of indigiimu.. :ni.ii.'^ was of course, an accidental one, and was :i ii ^saiy nsult of the universal iiictli.Ml .>f growing apple trees directly from seeds, and tn]i i;ratting them in case they should turnout j.roiitlrss. A critical study of American Horti- culture will show tliat all species of plants which have been widely cultivated iu this country have gradually run into indigenous varieties, and the whole body of our domesticated flora has undergone a progressive evolu- Pears were among t the earliest fru ts ntroduced into the New Worl 1 ai 1 the French part cularly d ssemi nate 1 them far and de along the waterwajs as wit nessed by the patriarchal trees of the Detroit river and portions of the Jlississippi system. John Bartram's Petre pear (Fig. lOSD) is one of the patriarchs of the last century, although the tree is not large. The first book devoted exclusively to the pear was Field's, pub- lished in 1859. The Japanese type of pears had been brought into the country from two and perhaps three separate introductions, early in the fifties, but they had not gained sufficient prominence to attract Field's atten- tion. From this oriental stock has come a race of prom- ising hybrids with the common pear, represented chiefly by the Kieffer, Le Conte and Gar-. ber Pea I es were early introduced t tie New World by ariou8 lilt and they thrived so well freclT as m th I nit 1st, t<s