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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... Soil , 4.5 VI . On Manure , 58 ..... VII . On the construction of Walls , 69 VIII.On the propagation of Vines , 79 IX . On the pruning of Vines , ..... 87 X. On the training of Vines , 103 XI . On the management of a Vine during the ...
... Soil , 4.5 VI . On Manure , 58 ..... VII . On the construction of Walls , 69 VIII.On the propagation of Vines , 79 IX . On the pruning of Vines , ..... 87 X. On the training of Vines , 103 XI . On the management of a Vine during the ...
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... soil and situation be very superior indeed , a single vine will require a space of time not less than twenty years at least , before it will possess a sufficient degree of strength , to enable it to mature , annually , a greater ...
... soil and situation be very superior indeed , a single vine will require a space of time not less than twenty years at least , before it will possess a sufficient degree of strength , to enable it to mature , annually , a greater ...
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... soil and climate , are the two grand causes of all the differences which appear in the productions of the earth . The warmer the aspect , the greater perfection does the grape attain in our climate , provided all other circumstances are ...
... soil and climate , are the two grand causes of all the differences which appear in the productions of the earth . The warmer the aspect , the greater perfection does the grape attain in our climate , provided all other circumstances are ...
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... , to 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 .
... , to 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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Clement Hoare. CHAPTER V. ON SOIL . THE natural soil which is most congenial to the growth of the vine , and to the perfection of its fruit in this country , is a light , rich , sandy loam , not more than eighteen inches in depth , on a ...
Clement Hoare. CHAPTER V. ON SOIL . THE natural soil which is most congenial to the growth of the vine , and to the perfection of its fruit in this country , is a light , rich , sandy loam , not more than eighteen inches in depth , on a ...
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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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