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 6
... suffer any portion of them to re- main vacant . Nor must it be supposed , that a single vine requires for its training ... suffered , and , indeed , encouraged to extend itself most disproportionately beyond the capability of its fruit ...
... suffer any portion of them to re- main vacant . Nor must it be supposed , that a single vine requires for its training ... suffered , and , indeed , encouraged to extend itself most disproportionately beyond the capability of its fruit ...
Page 14
... suffer a single vine to cover as quickly as possible , the entire surface of one side of a house or building , or a ... suffered to make a large quantity of wood , it will bear but little fruit ; if it produce good crops of fruit , it ...
... suffer a single vine to cover as quickly as possible , the entire surface of one side of a house or building , or a ... suffered to make a large quantity of wood , it will bear but little fruit ; if it produce good crops of fruit , it ...
Page 16
... suffered to 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 ...
... suffered to 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 ...
Page 18
... suffering the stem and principal branches to be covered with several years ' accu- mulation of decayed layers of bark , and of con- tinually digging the border in which the roots run , and cropping it with vegetables , even close up to ...
... suffering the stem and principal branches to be covered with several years ' accu- mulation of decayed layers of bark , and of con- tinually digging the border in which the roots run , and cropping it with vegetables , even close up to ...
Page 19
... suffered prematurely to ripen fruit , and throughout every successive year afterwards , not a single point of culture has been practised , but what may be described as most erroneous . Every step taken , has been apparently for the ...
... suffered prematurely to ripen fruit , and throughout every successive year afterwards , not a single point of culture has been practised , but what may be described as most erroneous . Every step taken , has been apparently for 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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