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 36
... rays shining on the surface of a wall , were alone to be considered as consti- tuting the best aspect , there would of course be no difficulty in naming a due southern one as better than any other . But warmth alone is not sufficient ...
... rays shining on the surface of a wall , were alone to be considered as consti- tuting the best aspect , there would of course be no difficulty in naming a due southern one as better than any other . But warmth alone is not sufficient ...
Page 38
... rays , and one be kept nailed to the wall every five or six inches of its growth throughout the summer , and the other be suffered to be blown about without any such protection ; the former will be found at the end of the season , to ...
... rays , and one be kept nailed to the wall every five or six inches of its growth throughout the summer , and the other be suffered to be blown about without any such protection ; the former will be found at the end of the season , to ...
Page 42
... rays , may , accordingly , be deemed the best . There are , however , in general , so many local circumstances which affect the warmth and shelter of the sur- faces of walls and buildings , that these alone , where they exist , must ...
... rays , may , accordingly , be deemed the best . There are , however , in general , so many local circumstances which affect the warmth and shelter of the sur- faces of walls and buildings , that these alone , where they exist , must ...
Page 43
Clement Hoare. of his rays . These , darting nearly perpendicu- larly on the foliage of a vine , while the dew yet . remains , and its beautiful crystal drops hang suspended , as it were , by magic to the angular extremities of the ...
Clement Hoare. of his rays . These , darting nearly perpendicu- larly on the foliage of a vine , while the dew yet . remains , and its beautiful crystal drops hang suspended , as it were , by magic to the angular extremities of the ...
Page 44
... great perfection in this aspect . North of this point , however , the solar rays are not sufficiently power- ful to mature either the wood or fruit of the vine . CHAPTER V. ON SOIL . THE natural soil which is 44 ON ASPECT .
... great perfection in this aspect . North of this point , however , the solar rays are not sufficiently power- ful to mature either the wood or fruit of the vine . CHAPTER V. ON SOIL . THE natural soil which is 44 ON ASPECT .
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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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