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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... of vines in the public thoroughfares of towns , ....... .... 192 XVI . Descriptive Catalogue of twelve sorts of Grapes most suitably adapted for culture on open walls , 202 ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE VINE ON OPEN WALLS.
... of vines in the public thoroughfares of towns , ....... .... 192 XVI . Descriptive Catalogue of twelve sorts of Grapes most suitably adapted for culture on open walls , 202 ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE VINE ON OPEN WALLS.
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... sorts , as the sweetwater or muscadine . " - Lou- don's Encyclopædia of Gardening . Of all the productions of the vegetable world , which the skill and ingenuity of man have ren- dered conducive to his comfort , and to the en- largement ...
... sorts , as the sweetwater or muscadine . " - Lou- don's Encyclopædia of Gardening . Of all the productions of the vegetable world , which the skill and ingenuity of man have ren- dered conducive to his comfort , and to the en- largement ...
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... sorts of wines imported from abroad , as the following extract from Dr. Mac- culloch's " Remarks on the Art of making Wine , " will sufficiently shew . " Chemical examination has proved , that the young shoots , the tendrils , and the ...
... sorts of wines imported from abroad , as the following extract from Dr. Mac- culloch's " Remarks on the Art of making Wine , " will sufficiently shew . " Chemical examination has proved , that the young shoots , the tendrils , and the ...
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... sort made by me to any one , whether gardener or otherwise , ever had , in any instance , the effect of causing the ... sorts , and trained on every variety of aspect , south of , and in- cluding the eastern and western points of the ...
... sort made by me to any one , whether gardener or otherwise , ever had , in any instance , the effect of causing the ... sorts , and trained on every variety of aspect , south of , and in- cluding the eastern and western points of the ...
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... sort , ripened , at least , six weeks pre- viously . The vine was pruned immediately , and cut al- most to a stump , to give it every chance of reco- vering from the blow it had received . But , in the following spring , not a single ...
... sort , ripened , at least , six weeks pre- viously . The vine was pruned immediately , and cut al- most to a stump , to give it every chance of reco- vering from the blow it had received . But , in the following spring , not a single ...
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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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