A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine on Open WallsLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, Paternoster-Row, and Mason and Son, Chichester, 1837 - Climbing plants - 210 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 45
Page 2
... berry kind , attains such maturity as the season and situation admit , by the middle or end of Sep- tember . The berry or grape , is generally globu- lar , but often ovate , oval , oblong , or finger- shaped ; the colours green , white ...
... berry kind , attains such maturity as the season and situation admit , by the middle or end of Sep- tember . The berry or grape , is generally globu- lar , but often ovate , oval , oblong , or finger- shaped ; the colours green , white ...
Page 9
... berries are set , in order to avoid overcropping the vines , and which sometimes amount to a great number ; and also the berries that are cut out in the thinning of the bunches , the weight of which is always considerable ; and these ...
... berries are set , in order to avoid overcropping the vines , and which sometimes amount to a great number ; and also the berries that are cut out in the thinning of the bunches , the weight of which is always considerable ; and these ...
Page 25
... berries had only reached the size of small peas , while those on other vines , not subjected to any such trial , were full grown , and had commenced the stoning process . On the first of August , no perceptible increase of size in the ...
... berries had only reached the size of small peas , while those on other vines , not subjected to any such trial , were full grown , and had commenced the stoning process . On the first of August , no perceptible increase of size in the ...
Page 26
... berries having grown as large as middling - sized peas , those on the shoulders of some of the bunches began to shew symptoms of ripening , by be- coming a little transparent , and at the same time , the berries at the extremities of ...
... berries having grown as large as middling - sized peas , those on the shoulders of some of the bunches began to shew symptoms of ripening , by be- coming a little transparent , and at the same time , the berries at the extremities of ...
Page 29
... berries were set , the number of bunches re- quired to produce the given weight of fruit , was selected to remain , and the excess immediately cut off . I have strictly adhered to this plan ever since , and it has enabled me to produce ...
... berries were set , the number of bunches re- quired to produce the given weight of fruit , was selected to remain , and the excess immediately cut off . I have strictly adhered to this plan ever since , and it has enabled me to produce ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2d Edit annually aspect autumnal pruning bearing bearing-shoots bearing-wood berries betwixt bone BOTANY branches bunches of fruit bunches of grapes cloth lettered colour covered cultivated decayed degree Dictionary direction effects Engravings extremities feet flavour FLOWERING PLANTS foliage FRONTIGNAN fruit-buds future bearers ground growing grown growth inches increase injurious J. C. LOUDON layer leaves liquid manure lowermost buds manner maturation method of pruning MUSCADINE nailed nature necessary nourishment number of buds open walls operation plant point of culture portion possible pound weight produce projecting coping proper juice pruning knife push quantity of fruit remain require ripe ripen roots of vines season SHARON TURNER shew shreds Sidlesham soil solar heat solar rays soon spurs stem sufficient sun and air sun's rays supply surface tendrils thereby throughout the summer tion trained vegetation vines on open weight of fruit wind wood Woodcuts young shoots young vines
Popular passages
Page 210 - Guide ; containing ample Descriptions of all the fine leading varieties of Roses, regularly classed in their respective Families ; their History and Mode of Culture. Fifth Edition, corrected and improved. Fcp.
Page 2 - GOOD.-THE BOOK OF NATURE. A Popular Illustration of the General Laws and Phenomena of Creation. By JOHN MASON GOOD, MDFRS, &c.
Page 7 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 10 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W.
Page 2 - INTRODUCTION to THE MODERN CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS ; comprising an Account of the Habits and Transformations of the different Families ; a Synopsis of all the British, and a Notice of the more remarkable Foreign Genera. By JO WESTWOOD, Sec. Ent. Soc. London, FLS &c. (2 vols.) Vol.
Page 2 - TURTON'S (DR.) MANUAL OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SHELLS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. A new Edition, thoroughly revised, and with considerahle Additions.
Page 5 - Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports ; a Complete Account, Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, &c. By DP ELAINE. With above 600 Woodcuts (20 from Designs by JOHN LEECH).
Page 210 - By David Low, Esq., FRSE, Professor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh, etc.; author of "Elements of Practical Agriculture, "etc.
Page 208 - Titles, 30s. cloth. JAMES. -A HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE, and of various Events connected therewith, which occurred during the Reign of Edward III. King of England. By GPR JAMES, Esq. 2d Edition. 2 vols.