Driving through the county one day, he met a successful Orchardist whom he had previously urged to use fungicides.
"Frying Pan Farm"
Elizabeth Brown Pryor
That is why the farmer thins out the turnips; that is why the Orchardist prunes his trees; and that is why the husbandman pinches the grapebuds off the trailing vines.
"Mushrooms on the Moor"
Frank Boreham
Such disaster happens when the air is favourable to the breeding of quivering gauze wings; but there comes a time when the fruit suffers little or no ill, and then the heart of the Orchardist rejoices as does that of the fisher when the wind comes up from the sea.
"Tropic Days"
E. J. Banfield