Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 506
, vinegar, apple butter, some for drying, and a few of fair quality thatwould keep for winter use, it was all that was expected. … 478 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY Most of the trees in those old orchards were inferior seedlings, and it isno wonder that the people of those days did not use apples as we do. A fewof them were very good, and it is from such chance favorites that we havepreserved to us, by grafting,…
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