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Title: The principles of fruit-growing
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954
Subjects: Fruit-culture
Publisher: New York, London, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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f the plant to divert themselvesto the production of new shoots. When the injuredparts are soft and small, it is customary to removethem by pulling them off, rather than by cuttingthem off. In vineyards which are well pruned, thecost of stripping ought not to exceed one dollar an acre. What is an injurious degree of cold f^ — To thisoft-asked question there can be no specific answer,because so much depends upon the latitude, thetime of year and the condition of the plants.Hammont gives the following table of temperaturesat which the following plants are liable to receiveinjury from frosts, compiled from information receivedfrom horticulturists, orchardists and gardeners through-out the entire Pacific coast. The temperatures given are as nearly as pos-sible those in contact with the plant itself. * A diseussion of acclimatization, and other problems of climate and plants,may be found in The Siirvival of the Unlike. t W. li. Hammon, Frost, How and When to Prevent Injury Thereby, 1896.
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Injurious Degrees of Cold. 331 rl.A.NTS OR Fruits. In bud. Almonds 28° Apples 27 Apricots 30 Asparagus 29 Bananas 31 Barley Beans Beets Cantaloupes 32 Celery Cucumbers 31 Cymlings, or squa,3li 31 Flowers* - 31 Grapes 31 Grape-fruit 30 Lemons 30 Mandarins and Tangerines.. 31 Oats 31 Olives 30 Onions Orangest 30 Peaches 29 Pears 28 Peas 29 Plums 30 Potatoes, Irish 30 sweet, and tomatoes 31 Prunes 30 Shrubs, roses or trees 26 to 30 Strawberries 28 Spinach Turnips Watermelons Wheat Walnuts, English 30 In blos- In setting At other som. fruit. times. 30° 30° 28° 29 30 26 31 32 30 29 29 26 31 32 31 29 31 3125 32 30 to 31 28 31 31 32 31 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 28 31 31 28 31 31 28 31 31 28 31 31 18 ripe, 24 green29 31 31 2G ripe, 29 green 30 30 29 29 29 28 30 30 25 31 31 29 30 30 31 31 31 31 31 31 29 28 to 32 0 to 20 28 28 30 21 26 28 to 31 31 31 31 31 28 * Depe::ds on variety. t Injured at two degrees higher if continued 4 to 6 hours. 332 The Principles of Fruit - grotving. We have already

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