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Page 246
... pears there has been an abundant crop ; the market has been over - supplied , and had it not been for the opportunities for cold storage , the returns , especially for the early varieties , would have disappointed the growers . Other ...
... pears there has been an abundant crop ; the market has been over - supplied , and had it not been for the opportunities for cold storage , the returns , especially for the early varieties , would have disappointed the growers . Other ...
Page 248
... pear exhibit was exceptionally large and of superior quality , and for the first time in many years every prize offered was awarded . A still more remarkable fact of this exhibition was that all the prizes offered for peaches were ...
... pear exhibit was exceptionally large and of superior quality , and for the first time in many years every prize offered was awarded . A still more remarkable fact of this exhibition was that all the prizes offered for peaches were ...
Page 249
... pears , a late seedling variety of very good quality , and was awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit . February 4 , Edwanger & Barry , Rochester , N. Y. , showed five varieties of winter pears ; they were fair in quality but would ...
... pears , a late seedling variety of very good quality , and was awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit . February 4 , Edwanger & Barry , Rochester , N. Y. , showed five varieties of winter pears ; they were fair in quality but would ...
Page 250
... Pears . F. H. Frazier , Danville , Indiana , Arnold Pears , First Class Certificate of Merit . Francis Brown Hayes , Japanese Lemons G. L. Simmons , English Walnuts • FEBRUARY 4 . Gratuities : : - Ellwanger & Barry , Rochester , N. Y. ...
... Pears . F. H. Frazier , Danville , Indiana , Arnold Pears , First Class Certificate of Merit . Francis Brown Hayes , Japanese Lemons G. L. Simmons , English Walnuts • FEBRUARY 4 . Gratuities : : - Ellwanger & Barry , Rochester , N. Y. ...
Page 252
... Pears STRAWBERRIES . - Marshall JULY 1 . One quart of any variety , Marshall F. Ewell , Second , Hon . Joseph S. Fay , Belmont Third , George V. Fletcher , Jessie $ 4.00 3.00 2.00 4. 00 3.00 4.00 3 00 2.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 4.00 3.00 4.00 ...
... Pears STRAWBERRIES . - Marshall JULY 1 . One quart of any variety , Marshall F. Ewell , Second , Hon . Joseph S. Fay , Belmont Third , George V. Fletcher , Jessie $ 4.00 3.00 2.00 4. 00 3.00 4.00 3 00 2.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 4.00 3.00 4.00 ...
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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.