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... origin , it must soon become one of the leading varieties . The Hersey Columbia took the first prize for any new variety not previously exhibited . " It is above medium size , of good form , dark color , and good quality . It is claimed ...
... origin , it must soon become one of the leading varieties . The Hersey Columbia took the first prize for any new variety not previously exhibited . " It is above medium size , of good form , dark color , and good quality . It is claimed ...
Page 292
... origin , of a very firm texture and resistant to mildew . The keeping qualities of the Peabody have not been fully tested , but the indications are that it will prove a long keeper . In view of our experiments we would recommend for ...
... origin , of a very firm texture and resistant to mildew . The keeping qualities of the Peabody have not been fully tested , but the indications are that it will prove a long keeper . In view of our experiments we would recommend for ...
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... origin in what are called Cedar - apples . This latter was long considered a natural product of the Red Cedar ( Juniperus Virginiana ) , but investigation proved that it was a fungus and had been named Gymnosporangium macropus . Still ...
... origin in what are called Cedar - apples . This latter was long considered a natural product of the Red Cedar ( Juniperus Virginiana ) , but investigation proved that it was a fungus and had been named Gymnosporangium macropus . Still ...
Page 109
... origin . There is no doubt that the new mushroom has come to stay , especially as a summer cropper . But for some years at least its culture will probably be restricted to private families , and commer- cial growers doing a private ...
... origin . There is no doubt that the new mushroom has come to stay , especially as a summer cropper . But for some years at least its culture will probably be restricted to private families , and commer- cial growers doing a private ...
Page 153
... origin in the impulse given by a great personality as , in fact , all great activities find their beginning in individual initiative , and none , indeed , more so than those for whose realization the collective endeavor of a community ...
... origin in the impulse given by a great personality as , in fact , all great activities find their beginning in individual initiative , and none , indeed , more so than those for whose realization the collective endeavor of a community ...
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Page 112 - Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Page 112 - And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Page 2 - The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of Plants ; the Growth and general Flower Farm System of Raising Fragrant Herbs ; with Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes &c.
Page 107 - Annual Report of the State Botanist of the State of New York, Albany 1891, S.
Page 147 - Heat the solution of soap and add it boiling hot to the kerosene. Churn the mixture by means of a force pump and spray nozzle for five or ten minutes. The emulsion, if perfect, forms a cream which thickens on cooling and should adhere without oiliness to the surface of the glass. Dilute, before using, one part of the emulsion with nine parts of cold water.
Page 147 - ... Heat the solution of soap and add it boiling hot to the kerosene. Churn the mixture by means of a force-pump and spray-nozzle for five or ten minutes. The emulsion, if perfect, forms a cream, which thickens on cooling, and should adhere without oiliness to the surface of glass. Dilute, before using, one part of the emulsion with nine parts of cold water. The above formula gives three gallons of emulsion, and makes, when diluted, thirty gallons of wash.
Page 4 - Jose, duly seconded, it was voted that the Report of the Committee on the Revision of the Constitution and By-Laws, presented at the Stated Meeting on the fifth of January and then postponed to this meeting, be taken up.
Page 8 - Population of an Old Pear Tree. From the French of E. VAN BRUYSSEL. Edited by the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe.
Page 401 - The spelling reform; by Francis A. March. A revision and enlargement of the author's pamphlet published by the US Bureau of education in 1881.
Page 5 - Jersey road system, passed, almost unanimously, an act to provide for the construction of roads by local assessment, county and State aid.