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PLEASANT TALK

FRUITS, FLOWERS AND FARMING.

HENRY WARD BEECHER.

PREFATORY.

PREFACE

CONTENTS.

LATE PAPERS.

PLEASANT TALK

ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR.

EDUCATED FARMERS.

AN ACRE OF WORDS ABOUT AKER.

FARMERS’ LIBRARY.

NINE MISTAKES.

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

SHIFTLESS TRICKS.

ELECTRO-CULTURE.

SINGLE-CROP FARMING.

IMPROVED BREEDS OF HOGS AND CATTLE.

ABSORBENT QUALITIES OF FLOUR.

PORTRAIT OF AN ANTI-BOOK-FARMER.

GOOD BREEDS OF COWS.

CUTTING AND CURING GRASS.

COUNTRY AND CITY.

LIME UPON WHEAT.

CULTURE OF HOPS.

WHITE CLOVER.

PLOWING CORN.

CLEAN OUT YOUR CELLARS.

WHEN IS HAYING OVER?

LAYING DOWN LAND TO GRASS.

THEORY OF MANURE.

FODDER FOR CATTLE.

THE SCIENCE OF BAD BUTTER.

CINCINNATI, THE QUEEN CITY.

CARE OF ANIMALS IN WINTER.

WINTER NIGHTS FOR READING.

FEATHERS.

NAIL UP YOUR BUGS.

ASHES AND THEIR USE.

HARD TIMES.

ACCLIMATING A PLOW.

SCOUR YOUR PLOWS BRIGHT!

PLOW TILL IT IS DRY, AND PLOW TILL IT IS WET.

STIRRING THE SOIL.

SUBSOIL PLOWING.

FIRE-BLIGHT AND WINTER KILLING.

WINTER TALK.

“SHUT YOUR MOUTH.”

SPRING WORK ON THE FARM.

SPRING WORK IN THE GARDEN.

FALL WORK IN THE GARDEN.

GUARDING CHERRY-TREES FROM COLD.

SHADE-TREES.

A PLEA FOR HEALTH AND FLORICULTURE.

KEEPING YOUNG PIGS IN WINTER.

SWEET POTATOES.

MANAGEMENT OF BOTTOM-LANDS.

CULTIVATION OF WHEAT.

PRACTICAL USE OF LEAVES.

SPRING WORK FOR PUBLIC-SPIRITED MEN.

FARMERS AND FARMING SCENES IN THE WEST.

ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS.

GARDEN WORK FOR AUGUST.

PULLING OFF POTATO BLOSSOMS.

BLADING AND TOPPING CORN.

MAPLE-SUGAR.

GEOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS.

DRAINING WET LANDS.

O DEAR! SHALL WE EVER BE DONE LYING?

CARE OF STOCK IN WINTER.

DEEP PLANTING.

CORN AND MILLET FOR FODDER.

SEED SAVING.

RHUBARB.

PEAS.

PLANT SHADE-TREES.

HOT-BEDS.

ORIGINAL RECIPES.

COOKING VEGETABLES.

FARMERS, TAKE A HINT.

MIXING PAINT, AND LAYING IT ON.

GARDEN WEEDS.

LUCERNE.

FAMILY GOVERNMENT.

CATALOGUE OF FLOWERS, SEEDS, AND FRUITS.

GARDEN SEEDS.

FARMERS’ GARDENS.

EARLY DAYS OF SPRING.

PARLOR FLOWERS.

A SALT RECIPE.

CULTURE OF CELERY.

CULTURE OF PIE-PLANT.

SUN-FLOWER SEED.

APRIL GARDEN-WORK.

GETTING POOR ON RICH LAND AND RICH ON POOR LAND.

GETTING READY FOR WINTER.

ESCULENT VEGETABLES.

FIELD ROOT CROPS.

CULTIVATION OF FRUIT-TREES.

A LIST OF CHOICE FRUITS.

THE NURSERY BUSINESS.

THE BREEDING OF FRUITS.

PRUNING ORCHARDS.

SLITTING THE BARK OF TREES.

DOWNING’s FRUIT AND FRUIT-TREES OF AMERICA.

LETTER FROM A. J. DOWNING.

ATTENTION TO ORCHARDS.

WINE AND HORTICULTURE.

DO VARIETIES OF FRUIT RUN OUT?

THE STRAWBERRY CONTROVERSY.

STRAWBERRIES.

RASPBERRIES, STRAWBERRIES, GOOSEBERRIES AND CURRANTS.

SPRING WORK IN THE ORCHARD.

MIRACLES IN FRUITS.

PROTECTING THE ROOTS OF FRUIT-TREES.

PRUNING GRAPE VINES.

MILDEW ON GRAPES.

HOW TO OBTAIN GRAPE VINES.

AUTUMNAL MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT-TREES.

PEARS GRAFTED UPON THE APPLE STOCK.

SEEDLINGS FROM BUDDED PEACHES.

CARE OF PEACH-TREES.

RENOVATING PEACH-TREES.

AN APOLOGUE OR APPLE-LOGUE.

SELECT LIST OF APPLES.

ORIGIN OF SOME VARIETIES OF FRUIT.

THE QUINCE.

CUTTING AND KEEPING GRAFTS.

FROST-BLIGHT.

SEEDLING FRUITS.

TIME FOR PRUNING.

PLUMS AND THEIR ENEMIES.

ROOT GRAFTING.

BLIGHT AND INSECTS.

APPLES FOR HOGS.

THE FLOWER GARDEN.

PREPARATION OF SEED FOR SOWING.

SOWING FLOWER SEEDS—TRANSPLANTING.

PARLOR PLANTS AND FLOWERS IN WINTER.

PROTECTING PLANTS IN WINTER.

TO PRESERVE DAHLIA ROOTS.

HEDGES.

WATERING TREES, ETC.

LABELS FOR TREES.

TRANSPLANTING EVERGREENS.

FLOWERS, LADIES, AND ANGELS.

HORTICULTURAL CURIOSITIES.

THE CORN CROP.

POTATO CROP.

POTTING GARDEN PLANTS FOR WINTER USE.

MARY HOWITT’S USE OF FLOWERS.

WHAT ARE FLOWERS GOOD FOR?