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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... ripened grapes applicable to that purpose , but from the leaves , tendrils , and young shoots of vines , and also from unripe or immature grapes , very fine wine may be made , differing in no re- spect from many sorts of wines imported ...
... ripened grapes applicable to that purpose , but from the leaves , tendrils , and young shoots of vines , and also from unripe or immature grapes , very fine wine may be made , differing in no re- spect from many sorts of wines imported ...
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... ripened fruit itself . And in order that it may be properly esti- mated , it must be borne in mind , that through- out the growing season , the superabundant foliage of a vine , which consists chiefly of the extremities of the shoots ...
... ripened fruit itself . And in order that it may be properly esti- mated , it must be borne in mind , that through- out the growing season , the superabundant foliage of a vine , which consists chiefly of the extremities of the shoots ...
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... ripen the fruit of the vine . The only obstacle to the growth of that plant in towns , is the impurity of the atmosphere , but though this impediment is sufficiently formidable , certainly , it exists only in the heart of London , and ...
... ripen the fruit of the vine . The only obstacle to the growth of that plant in towns , is the impurity of the atmosphere , but though this impediment is sufficiently formidable , certainly , it exists only in the heart of London , and ...
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... 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 severe blow ...
... 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 severe blow ...
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Clement Hoare. plant has sufficient strength to ripen any fruit or not in the following year , looks at the young ... ripening of fruit in the preceding year , and having now twenty shoots to supply with nourishment instead of two or ...
Clement Hoare. plant has sufficient strength to ripen any fruit or not in the following year , looks at the young ... ripening of fruit in the preceding year , and having now twenty shoots to supply with nourishment instead of two or ...
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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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