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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... quantity of wine produced from them was so great , as to be considered one of the staple pro- ducts of the land . From some cause or other , however , they have fallen into general neglect , although good grapes might be grown on vines ...
... quantity of wine produced from them was so great , as to be considered one of the staple pro- ducts of the land . From some cause or other , however , they have fallen into general neglect , although good grapes might be grown on vines ...
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... 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 supposed , that a ...
... 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 supposed , that a ...
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... quantity of foliage to produce upwards of twenty gallons of wine , which could be made for the mere cost of the sugar ! Again , there would be a considerable quantity of foliage 8 INTRODUCTION .
... quantity of foliage to produce upwards of twenty gallons of wine , which could be made for the mere cost of the sugar ! Again , there would be a considerable quantity of foliage 8 INTRODUCTION .
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Clement Hoare. Again , there would be a considerable quantity of foliage to spare , during the remaining months of August and September , to which must be added the excess in the number of bunches of green fruit , which require cutting ...
Clement Hoare. Again , there would be a considerable quantity of foliage to spare , during the remaining months of August and September , to which must be added the excess in the number of bunches of green fruit , which require cutting ...
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... quantity of its fruit may be prodigiously in- creased , and the flavour greatly improved , that the following pages have been written . It is hoped that the whole management of the vine is therein made sufficiently clear , to enable ...
... quantity of its fruit may be prodigiously in- creased , and the flavour greatly improved , that the following pages have been written . It is hoped that the whole management of the vine is therein made sufficiently clear , to enable ...
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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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