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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Page 17
... nourishment instead of two or three , the sap is so diminished in quantity , and distributed also through so many ... nourish . The same disproportionate mass of foliage follows of course , and the same exhausting effects are pro- duced ...
... nourishment instead of two or three , the sap is so diminished in quantity , and distributed also through so many ... nourish . The same disproportionate mass of foliage follows of course , and the same exhausting effects are pro- duced ...
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... nourishment . Throughout that month it continued in a pitiable condition , and though a valuable plant , it was , nevertheless , suffered to take its course as well as all the others , in order that the trial might be decisive . About ...
... nourishment . Throughout that month it continued in a pitiable condition , and though a valuable plant , it was , nevertheless , suffered to take its course as well as all the others , in order that the trial might be decisive . About ...
Page 32
... nourishment without suffering from exhaustion , the plant commences its fruit - bearing life with a degree of vigour which lays a sure foundation for its future prosperity . It may be remarked , that , in general , vines are suffered to ...
... nourishment without suffering from exhaustion , the plant commences its fruit - bearing life with a degree of vigour which lays a sure foundation for its future prosperity . It may be remarked , that , in general , vines are suffered to ...
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... nourishing than that obtained by them under any other circum- stances whatever . One of the principal causes of grapes not ripening well on open walls in this country , is the great depth of mould in which the roots of vines are ...
... nourishing than that obtained by them under any other circum- stances whatever . One of the principal causes of grapes not ripening well on open walls in this country , is the great depth of mould in which the roots of vines are ...
Page 48
... nourishment ; to keep them dry and warm by the free admission of air and solar heat ; and to admit of heavy rains passing quickly through , without being re- tained sufficiently long , to saturate the roots , and thereby injure their ...
... nourishment ; to keep them dry and warm by the free admission of air and solar heat ; and to admit of heavy rains passing quickly through , without being re- tained sufficiently long , to saturate the roots , and thereby injure their ...
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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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