“Laura and Mary must play in the house now, for it was too cold outdoors and the brown leaves were all falling from the trees. The fire in the cookstove never went out. At night Pa banked it with ashes to keep the coals alive till morning. ...
Sugar maple, large tree in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae), native to eastern North America and widely grown as an ornamental and shade tree. It is commercially important as a source of maple syrup, maple sugar, and hardwood lumber useful in furniture
from sandy loam to heavyclay. The seedbed is prepared by deep plowing after the preceding crop is harvested. An idealsoilisloamrich inhumus, deep andhomogeneous, having appropriate adhesion and mild moisture-holding capacity. Before sowing, the seeds are treated with disinfectants for blackroot...