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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... , to embody all the necessary points of culture , with the prin- ciples on which they are founded ; and also to arrange them in such a manner , as to make their practical application a matter of easy attainment . I have A 3.
... , to embody all the necessary points of culture , with the prin- ciples on which they are founded ; and also to arrange them in such a manner , as to make their practical application a matter of easy attainment . I have A 3.
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... necessary , in order to keep the plant in a good bearing condition , and its branches within a reasonable distance of its stem , that the pruning knife should be used to a far greater extent , than is ever practised on any other ...
... necessary , in order to keep the plant in a good bearing condition , and its branches within a reasonable distance of its stem , that the pruning knife should be used to a far greater extent , than is ever practised on any other ...
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... necessary under a proper mode of culture . To these characteristics of the usual method of managing a vine , may be added two others ; namely , that of suffering the stem and principal branches to be covered with several years ' accu ...
... necessary under a proper mode of culture . To these characteristics of the usual method of managing a vine , may be added two others ; namely , that of suffering the stem and principal branches to be covered with several years ' accu ...
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... necessary as is this knowledge , and without the guidance of which , in pruning , neither good flavoured grapes , nor good crops , can with cer- tainty be annually obtained , all the rules hitherto laid down for the pruning of vines ...
... necessary as is this knowledge , and without the guidance of which , in pruning , neither good flavoured grapes , nor good crops , can with cer- tainty be annually obtained , all the rules hitherto laid down for the pruning of vines ...
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... necessary to observe such a rule in countries that are congenial to the growth of the vine , and where , from its forming an important branch of rural economy , it may be reasonably presumed , that the true nature of the plant is well ...
... necessary to observe such a rule in countries that are congenial to the growth of the vine , and where , from its forming an important branch of rural economy , it may be reasonably presumed , that the true nature of the plant is well ...
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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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