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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... surface of walls , in the open air , as far north as the 54th parallel , and even beyond that in favourable seasons . The vine is supposed to have been introduced into Britain at the commencement of the Christian Era ; and history amply ...
... surface of walls , in the open air , as far north as the 54th parallel , and even beyond that in favourable seasons . The vine is supposed to have been introduced into Britain at the commencement of the Christian Era ; and history amply ...
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... surface of a wall . This mode of culture , indeed , offers to the possessors of houses , buildings , and walled gar- dens , and even to the most humble cottager , ample means of procuring with the greatest cer- tainty , an abundant ...
... surface of a wall . This mode of culture , indeed , offers to the possessors of houses , buildings , and walled gar- dens , and even to the most humble cottager , ample means of procuring with the greatest cer- tainty , an abundant ...
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... surface . From this it will be seen how valuable the sur- faces of walls are , and what advantages are lost by those who suffer any portion of them to re- main vacant . Nor must it be supposed , that a single vine requires for its ...
... surface . From this it will be seen how valuable the sur- faces of walls are , and what advantages are lost by those who suffer any portion of them to re- main vacant . Nor must it be supposed , that a single vine requires for its ...
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... surface of walls , which , in innumerable instances are deemed of no value , and are therefore neg- lected , may be turned to a most beneficial ac- count in the production of the fruit of the vine . And with reference to the importance ...
... surface of walls , which , in innumerable instances are deemed of no value , and are therefore neg- lected , may be turned to a most beneficial ac- count in the production of the fruit of the vine . And with reference to the importance ...
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... surface of a wall when covered with the foliage of vines in vigorous growth , will yield on an average , every week from the middle of May , to the first of August , two pounds ' weight of excess of foliage . Allowing , therefore , the ...
... surface of a wall when covered with the foliage of vines in vigorous growth , will yield on an average , every week from the middle of May , to the first of August , two pounds ' weight of excess of foliage . Allowing , therefore , 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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