William Taylor

Jan 29, 2025 | pourlascience.fr | William Taylor

Notre monde fut créé… à cheval. Nous l’avons totalement oublié, tant, aujourd’hui, nous ne croisons que rarement un cheval. Toutefois, au milieu du XXe siècle encore, les chevaux faisaient fonctionner les sociétés du monde entier : on transportait et se déplaçait à cheval, labourait les champs à l’aide de puissants chevaux de trait et faisait même la guerre en grande partie à cheval.

Sep 5, 2024 | smallfarmersjournal.com | William Taylor

by William A. TaylorPomologist and Assistant Chief, Bureau of Plant IndustryLOWRY APPLE(synonyms: Lowry Seedling, Dixie, Mosby’s Best, Mosby’s Best Red Winter)PLATE XXXIIIThe original tree of the Lowry apple stood on a farm owned by Mr. John Lowry, 3 miles south of Afton, VA. It appears to have been first propagated about 1880 by Mr. John Wright of Avon, VA. It was known locally at this period under the name Lowry, or Lowry Seedling.

Jun 14, 2024 | newsletter.co.uk | William Taylor

Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276Visit Shots! nowMembers of Farmers For Action’s Steering Committee have recently met with the new Chief Vet and his team on the now very serious issue of bovine TB.

Jun 13, 2024 | smallfarmersjournal.com | William Taylor

by William A. Taylor, Pomologist, Bureau of Plant Industryexcerpted from the Yearbook of the US Department of Agriculture, 1910TAMOPAN PERSIMMONThe fruiting of this variety in America has thus far been restricted to North Carolina and Florida. Its cold endurance is therefore not yet determined, but it is considered promising for experimental planting in the territory south of the Potomac, Ohio, and Missouri rivers and on the Pacific coast.

Apr 16, 2024 | smallfarmersjournal.com | William Taylor

Promising New Fruits 1903from USDA by William A. Taylor,Pomologist in Charge of Field InvestigationsOne of the things long desired by Southern fruit growers is a good table grape, sufficiently resistant to leaf and fruit diseases to endure the climatic conditions of their section. Many varieties have been brought forward from time to time; but of the older sorts especially adapted to table use not one, either foreign or native, has yet proved successful over any large area.