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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Page xiii
... branches downwards ; 3. By training ; and , 4. By the use of different kinds of stocks . All these practices are ... branch as soon as the necessary stimulus has been communi- cated to the system by the light and warmth of spring . In a ...
... branches downwards ; 3. By training ; and , 4. By the use of different kinds of stocks . All these practices are ... branch as soon as the necessary stimulus has been communi- cated to the system by the light and warmth of spring . In a ...
Page xiv
... 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 and petals instead of leaves . It is , therefore ...
... 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 and petals instead of leaves . It is , therefore ...
Page xv
... branches are composed is certainly permeable to fluids in every direction ; and there can be no doubt that the vital action of the vessels of a plant is performed both in the natural and in an inverted position . So long as that erect ...
... branches are composed is certainly permeable to fluids in every direction ; and there can be no doubt that the vital action of the vessels of a plant is performed both in the natural and in an inverted position . So long as that erect ...
Page xvii
... branches which overshadowed the remainder , and we endeavour to expose every part to the freest action of light and air . In training , the same thing takes place , but is increased ; there is not a branch that is not fully ex- posed to ...
... branches which overshadowed the remainder , and we endeavour to expose every part to the freest action of light and air . In training , the same thing takes place , but is increased ; there is not a branch that is not fully ex- posed to ...
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... Norfolk . They grow to a large size , are very hardy , and great bearers . The fruit are , for the most part , produced singly on the branches : they are , in consequence , always more perfectly formed than those growing in c 3 APPLES . 21.
... Norfolk . They grow to a large size , are very hardy , and great bearers . The fruit are , for the most part , produced singly on the branches : they are , in consequence , always more perfectly formed than those growing in c 3 APPLES . 21.
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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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