A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain: with Kalendars of the Work Required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden During Every Month in the Year |
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... flower buds ; and that whatever , on the contrary , tends to cause an accumulation of sap and secretions , has the effect of producing flower buds in abundance . This cir- cumstance , which at first sight seems to be difficult to ...
... flower buds ; and that whatever , on the contrary , tends to cause an accumulation of sap and secretions , has the effect of producing flower buds in abundance . This cir- cumstance , which at first sight seems to be difficult to ...
Page xiv
... flower bud , or flower , is nothing but a con- tracted branch ; as is proved by the occasional elong- ation of the axis in flowers that expand during un- usually hot damp weather late in the spring , becoming branches , bearing sepals ...
... flower bud , or flower , is nothing but a con- tracted branch ; as is proved by the occasional elong- ation of the axis in flowers that expand during un- usually hot damp weather late in the spring , becoming branches , bearing sepals ...
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... flowering ripen mostly in August , and are usually eaten during harvest . Those of the second flowering succeed the first , and may be brought to table till the end of October ; they are quite as good as the first , but are not bigger ...
... flowering ripen mostly in August , and are usually eaten during harvest . Those of the second flowering succeed the first , and may be brought to table till the end of October ; they are quite as good as the first , but are not bigger ...
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... flowering takes place in April , the second in June ; the tree then ceases for a time to produce flowers . The third and suc- ceeding flowerings take place in August , September , October , and November , when they are stopped by the ...
... flowering takes place in April , the second in June ; the tree then ceases for a time to produce flowers . The third and suc- ceeding flowerings take place in August , September , October , and November , when they are stopped by the ...
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... Flower of Kent - 23 Hawthornden - 27 Fox Whelp Forest Styre Forman's Crew Formosa Pippin Fouldon Pearmain Foxley Apple · Franklin's Golden Pippin Frank Rambour - 197 Herefordshire Pearmain - 156 - 133 Hicks's Fancy - 168 · 155 Hoary ...
... Flower of Kent - 23 Hawthornden - 27 Fox Whelp Forest Styre Forman's Crew Formosa Pippin Fouldon Pearmain Foxley Apple · Franklin's Golden Pippin Frank Rambour - 197 Herefordshire Pearmain - 156 - 133 Hicks's Fancy - 168 · 155 Hoary ...
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A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, an Account of the Most Valuable ... George Lindley No preview available - 2020 |
A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden; Or, an Account of the Most Valuable ... John Lindley,George Lindley No preview available - 2015 |
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