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 26
... vegetation of the plant was almost at a stand . The shoots ceased to grow , the fruit and foliage were in a prostrate condition , and the vital energies of the vine ap- peared quite unable to supply the daily increas- ing demand for ...
... vegetation of the plant was almost at a stand . The shoots ceased to grow , the fruit and foliage were in a prostrate condition , and the vital energies of the vine ap- peared quite unable to supply the daily increas- ing demand for ...
Page 39
... vegetation could be discerned in any part of its leaves , shoots , or fruit , until the third day of July , or twenty - two days afterwards . It never produced another inch of good bearing- wood throughout the remainder of the season ...
... vegetation could be discerned in any part of its leaves , shoots , or fruit , until the third day of July , or twenty - two days afterwards . It never produced another inch of good bearing- wood throughout the remainder of the season ...
Page 42
... aspects , the sun shines with full force in the early part of the morning , at which time there is something highly favourable to vegetation in the influence of his rays . These , darting nearly perpendicu- larly 42 ON ASPECT .
... aspects , the sun shines with full force in the early part of the morning , at which time there is something highly favourable to vegetation in the influence of his rays . These , darting nearly perpendicu- larly 42 ON ASPECT .
Page 46
... vegetation is there- by carried on till late in the summer , in conse- quence of which , the ripening process does not commence till the declination of the sun be- comes too rapid to afford a sufficiency of solar heat to perfect the ...
... vegetation is there- by carried on till late in the summer , in conse- quence of which , the ripening process does not commence till the declination of the sun be- comes too rapid to afford a sufficiency of solar heat to perfect the ...
Page 47
Clement Hoare. their secretions , and a healthy and vigorous vegetation is the never - failing consequence . The roots of every plant have a particular temperature in which they thrive best , and that which those of the vine delight in ...
Clement Hoare. their secretions , and a healthy and vigorous vegetation is the never - failing consequence . The roots of every plant have a particular temperature in which they thrive best , and that which those of the vine delight in ...
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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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