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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... found , either , of uncertain issue , or of very questionable utility . It remains only to observe , that although the routine of management recommended in the fol- lowing pages , is the result of many years ' ་ ཌ PREFACE .
... found , either , of uncertain issue , or of very questionable utility . It remains only to observe , that although the routine of management recommended in the fol- lowing pages , is the result of many years ' ་ ཌ PREFACE .
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... remain and ripen , instead of being plucked off as soon as they ap- pear , having been produced before the plant has sufficient strength to mature them without injury to its constitution . Although the quantity be small , it inflicts a ...
... remain and ripen , instead of being plucked off as soon as they ap- pear , having been produced before the plant has sufficient strength to mature them without injury to its constitution . Although the quantity be small , it inflicts a ...
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... remain and ripen ; but no representation of this sort made by me to any one , whether gardener or otherwise , ever had , in any instance , the effect of causing the excess in the quantity to be reduced , even by a single bunch . So ...
... remain and ripen ; but no representation of this sort made by me to any one , whether gardener or otherwise , ever had , in any instance , the effect of causing the excess in the quantity to be reduced , even by a single bunch . So ...
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... remain , and the excess immediately cut off . I have strictly adhered to this plan ever since , and it has enabled me to produce finer grapes , than I have ever seen , or heard of being grown on open walls in this country . And so ...
... remain , and the excess immediately cut off . I have strictly adhered to this plan ever since , and it has enabled me to produce finer grapes , than I have ever seen , or heard of being grown on open walls in this country . And so ...
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... remain and ripen , as compared with the strength of the vine . The respective quantities mentioned in the scale , are such as every vine of the given girt of stem can perfectly mature , but if these be exceeded , the flavour will ...
... remain and ripen , as compared with the strength of the vine . The respective quantities mentioned in the scale , are such as every vine of the given girt of stem can perfectly mature , but if these be exceeded , the flavour will ...
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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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