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 |
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... grown on the surface of walls , in the open air , as far north as the 54th parallel , and even beyond that in favourable seasons . The vine is supposed to have been introduced into Britain at the commencement of the Christian Era ; and ...
... grown on the surface of walls , in the open air , as far north as the 54th parallel , and even beyond that in favourable seasons . The vine is supposed to have been introduced into Britain at the commencement of the Christian Era ; and ...
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... grown double that quantity on a similar extent of surface . From this it will be seen how valuable the sur- faces of walls are , and what advantages are lost by those who suffer any portion of them to re- main vacant . Nor must it be ...
... grown double that quantity on a similar extent of surface . From this it will be seen how valuable the sur- faces of walls are , and what advantages are lost by those who suffer any portion of them to re- main vacant . Nor must it be ...
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... grown on every square foot of walling , let him then be told , which he may be with truth , that , at least , five times the quantity of grapes of superior flavour might be annually pro- duced on the same extent of surface . Let him 12 ...
... grown on every square foot of walling , let him then be told , which he may be with truth , that , at least , five times the quantity of grapes of superior flavour might be annually pro- duced on the same extent of surface . Let him 12 ...
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... grown , or at least nothing of any value , and which might at a trifling cost of time and trouble , be annually covered with fine crops of grapes , and he will find to his astonish- ment , that for every square foot on which vines are ...
... grown , or at least nothing of any value , and which might at a trifling cost of time and trouble , be annually covered with fine crops of grapes , and he will find to his astonish- ment , that for every square foot on which vines are ...
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... grown to any extent , a sufficient quantity for the table being brought to perfection under glass . Hence , one of the principal sources from which improved modes of culture are , in general , de- rived , is thus closed , and the ...
... grown to any extent , a sufficient quantity for the table being brought to perfection under glass . Hence , one of the principal sources from which improved modes of culture are , in general , de- rived , is thus closed , and the ...
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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
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