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 18
... succession , the vine quickly spreads over its allotted space of walling , exceeding , perhaps , two hundred , or even three hundred superficial feet . It then contains a vast number of long and useless limbs , on which may be seen ...
... succession , the vine quickly spreads over its allotted space of walling , exceeding , perhaps , two hundred , or even three hundred superficial feet . It then contains a vast number of long and useless limbs , on which may be seen ...
Page 43
... succession from south - east to south . An aspect due south is undoubtedly a very good one , but its exposure to those strong winds which so fre- quently blow from the south - west , forms a great drawback to its excellence . The ...
... succession from south - east to south . An aspect due south is undoubtedly a very good one , but its exposure to those strong winds which so fre- quently blow from the south - west , forms a great drawback to its excellence . The ...
Page 59
... succession for a great number of years , yielding thereby a constant supply of nutriment of the most valu- able description . It is worthy of remark , also , that every bone , whether small or large , after it has been deposited in the ...
... succession for a great number of years , yielding thereby a constant supply of nutriment of the most valu- able description . It is worthy of remark , also , that every bone , whether small or large , after it has been deposited in the ...
Page 101
... succession . This method recommends itself by its simplicity ; by the old wood of the vine being annually got rid of ; by the small number of wounds inflicted in the pruning ; by the clean and handsome appearance of the vine ; and by ...
... succession . This method recommends itself by its simplicity ; by the old wood of the vine being annually got rid of ; by the small number of wounds inflicted in the pruning ; by the clean and handsome appearance of the vine ; and by ...
Page 127
... succession . To form the stems of those destined for the upper portion of the wall , instead of cutting down the vine in the autumn of the third year of its growth to the three lowermost buds , cut out all the buds on the shoot , to the ...
... succession . To form the stems of those destined for the upper portion of the wall , instead of cutting down the vine in the autumn of the third year of its growth to the three lowermost buds , cut out all the buds on the shoot , to the ...
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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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