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The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Article from Lancaster Journal discusses apple origins in Europe, deterioration from successive grafting on apple and other fruit trees, and a recommendation from England to wash tree branches with quick lime to prevent blight and ensure crops.
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The apple is supposed to have been, originally, an indigenous production of Europe.
It is said, that successive grafting of the apple tree, deteriorates the fruit engrafted; and the same remark will probably apply to other fruit trees.
It has lately been recommended in England, where fine apples are produced in great abundance, to wash the stocks and larger branches of apple trees with quick lime; as an effectual means of preserving the trees from blight, and ensuring a crop.
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The apple is supposed to have been originally an indigenous production of Europe. Successive grafting of the apple tree deteriorates the fruit engrafted, and the same remark probably applies to other fruit trees. It has lately been recommended in England, where fine apples are produced in great abundance, to wash the stocks and larger branches of apple trees with quick lime as an effectual means of preserving the trees from blight and ensuring a crop.