Excerpt from Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, for the Year 1881, Vol. 1 Re ted list of such standard varieties as he had mentioned. Mltivv' A. B. Muzzey said that he could not compete with practical at01's, but he thought that the comparative value of old com (lln arid fresh manure ought to be ascertained and settled in our an i 88ions. Farmers used to let manure be exposed to the air, at Inntense waste of ammonia, but they do otherwise now. He with perimenting with fresh manure, but would cover it 0161 8011 to save its fertilizing qualities. He remembered the two On ttobes, white and red, and questioned whether we had improved hem in beauty and fragrance. We should not throw away because they are old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.