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 41
... protected , the grapes not having been much injured , began to change their colour and ripen about the twentieth of ... protecting vines as much as possible from their destructive consequences . Nor must it be supposed that high winds ...
... protected , the grapes not having been much injured , began to change their colour and ripen about the twentieth of ... protecting vines as much as possible from their destructive consequences . Nor must it be supposed that high winds ...
Page 75
... protecting the young shoots of the vines from the effects of late frosts in the spring , in pre- serving the ... protect the fruit from birds and insects . On the other hand , they exclude a portion of light and air , and pre- very vent ...
... protecting the young shoots of the vines from the effects of late frosts in the spring , in pre- serving the ... protect the fruit from birds and insects . On the other hand , they exclude a portion of light and air , and pre- very vent ...
Page 76
... protecting the fruit from heavy rains , and thereby keeping it dry and in good condition , for two or three months after it is ripe , would be quite sufficient to turn the scale at once in their favour . With respect to the width of the ...
... protecting the fruit from heavy rains , and thereby keeping it dry and in good condition , for two or three months after it is ripe , would be quite sufficient to turn the scale at once in their favour . With respect to the width of the ...
Page 77
... year for their application will be as follows ; first , from the twenty - first of March to the middle of May ; to protect the young shoots from the injurious effects of late frosts , ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF WALLS . 77.
... year for their application will be as follows ; first , from the twenty - first of March to the middle of May ; to protect the young shoots from the injurious effects of late frosts , ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF WALLS . 77.
Page 83
... protected from the severity of the winter . The best time to plant them out , is about the middle of March , but any time from the first of that month to the tenth of April will do very well . When this period arrives , if the young ...
... protected from the severity of the winter . The best time to plant them out , is about the middle of March , but any time from the first of that month to the tenth of April will do very well . When this period arrives , if the young ...
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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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