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Title: The Apple

Author: Various

Editor: Kansas State Horticultural Society

Release Date: March 22, 2010 [EBook #31729]

Language: English

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THE APPLE.

THE KANSAS APPLE.
THE BIG RED APPLE.

The Luscious, Red-cheeked First Love of the Farmer's Boy.
The Healthful, Hearty Heart of the Darling Dumpling.

WHAT IT IS.

HOW TO GROW IT.

ITS COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.

HOW TO UTILIZE IT.

[Illustration]

COMPILED AND REVISED BY THE
KANSAS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
WILLIAM H. BARNES, Secretary,
State Capitol, Topeka, Kan.

1898.

[Illustration: J.S. PARKS PRINTER TOPEKA]

THE APPLE! WHAT IT IS.

DEFINITION.

=The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (_Pyrus malus_), the
origin of which is probably the wild crab-apple of Europe, cultivated in
innumerable varieties in the temperate zones.=

=It is scarcely known in the wild state, but as an escape from
cultivation its fruit becomes small, acid, and harsh, and is known as
the crab; the cultivated crab-apple is the fruit of other species of
_Pyrus_. Of the cultivated crabs there are the Siberian (_Pyrus
prunifolia_), the Chinese (_Pyrus spectabillis_), and the Cherry-crab
(_Pyrus baccata_), all natives of northern Asia.=

=The apple was first introduced into America from England, in 1629, by
the governor of Massachusetts Bay.=

LAWS PERTAINING TO APPLE ORCHARDISTS.

Extracts from General Statutes of Kansas, 1897.

CUTTING OR DESTROYING FRUIT- OR SHADE-TREES.

(Vol. 2, p. 374.) Sect. 423. If any person shall cut down, injure or
destroy or carry away any tree placed or growing for use, shade or
ornament, or any timber, rails or wood standing, being or growing on the
land of any other person, or shall dig up, quarry or carry away stones,
ore or mineral, gravel,