Pineapple Growing.

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A guide to pineapple farming, including planting, gathering, disease control, shipping, and selling.

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48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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United States. Department of Agriculture. 1906.

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A guide to pineapple farming, including planting, gathering, disease control, shipping, and selling.

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48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Contents: Introduction -- Terms used on pineapple plantations -- The pineapple family -- Earliest cultivation -- Varieties -- Lines of improvement -- Climate -- Soil -- Gathering -- Shipping -- Cold storage -- Markets -- Prices -- Cost of 1 acre -- Starting without capital -- Fertilizers -- Mulching -- The land -- Laying off the land -- Planting -- Cultivation -- Irrigation -- Canning -- To prepare for table use -- Diseases, insects and injuries -- Pineapple sheds -- Trees for shade -- By-products.

1906 reprint of 1901 edition.

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United States. Department of Agriculture. Pineapple Growing., book, 1906; Washington D.C.. (digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc6415/: accessed January 18, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.