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.
COMPILED AND REVISED BY THE
KANSAS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
WILLIAM H. BARNES, Secretary,
State Capitol, Topeka, Kan.
1898.
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 fromcultivation its fruit becomes small, acid, and harsh, and isknown as the crab; the cultivated crab-apple is the fruit ofother species of Pyrus. Of the cultivated crabs there are theSiberian (Pyrus prunifolia), the Chinese (Pyrus spectabillis),and the Cherry-crab (Pyrus baccata), all natives of northernAsia.
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.) § 423. If any person shall cut down, injure or destroy orcarry 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 shalldig up, quarry or carry away stones, ore or mineral, gravel, clay or mold, roots, fruits,or plants, or cut down or carry away grass, grain, corn, flax or hemp in which hehas no interest or right, standing, lying or being on land not his own, or shallknowingly break the glass or any part of it in any building not his own, the partyso offending shall pay to the party injured treble the value of the thing so injured,broken, destroyed or carried away, with costs, and shall be deemed guilty of amisdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500.
DESTRUCTION BY FIRE.
(Vol. 2, p. 372.) § 415. If any person shall wantonly and wilfully set on fireany woods, marshes or prairies so as thereby to occasion any damage to any otherperson he shall upon conviction be punished by fine not exceeding five hundreddollars and not less than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail notmore than six months and not less than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
DECEPTION IN SALE OF TREES, PLANTS, ETC.
(Vol. 2, p. 318.) § 126. Any person or persons who shall misrepresent, deceiveor defraud any person or persons in the sale of any fruit, shade or ornamentaltree or trees, or any vine, shrub, plant, bulb, or root, by substituting inferior ordifferent var