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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... principal reason of the appearance of this volume . In compiling it , I have endeavoured , in as plain and as concise a manner as the nature of the subject would admit , to embody all the necessary points of culture , with the prin ...
... principal reason of the appearance of this volume . In compiling it , I have endeavoured , in as plain and as concise a manner as the nature of the subject would admit , to embody all the necessary points of culture , with the prin ...
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... principal sources from which improved modes of culture are , in general , de- rived , is thus closed , and the routine of manage- ment of this most valuable fruit , thereby con- signed to the chances of empirical practice . The grand ...
... principal sources from which improved modes of culture are , in general , de- rived , is thus closed , and the routine of manage- ment of this most valuable fruit , thereby con- signed to the chances of empirical practice . The grand ...
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... principal branches to be covered with several years ' accu- mulation of decayed layers of bark , and of con- tinually digging the border in which the roots run , and cropping it with vegetables , even close up to the very stem . This ...
... principal branches to be covered with several years ' accu- mulation of decayed layers of bark , and of con- tinually digging the border in which the roots run , and cropping it with vegetables , even close up to the very stem . This ...
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... principal branches were torn so completely from their fastenings , that their extremities swept the ground . The bunches of fruit were knocked about , and portions of them , as well as single berries , lay scattered on the ground in ...
... principal branches were torn so completely from their fastenings , that their extremities swept the ground . The bunches of fruit were knocked about , and portions of them , as well as single berries , lay scattered on the ground in ...
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... 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 suffered to run , which , enticing them to penetrate in search of food below the influ- ence ON ...
... 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 suffered to run , which , enticing them to penetrate in search of food below the influ- ence ON ...
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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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