The Fruit Grower's Instructor: Being a Practical Treatise on the Cultivation and Treatment of Fruit Trees: to which is Added, Full Instructions for Forcing, with a List and Descriptive Account of All the Best Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain; Also Directions for Hothouse Building, with the Most Approved Modes of Heating by Fire and Hot Water ... The Whole Written from Practice |
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... give a view of the royal household , and the different official personages , as well as of the state of affairs previous to the arrival of the King , and an account of the constitution , such as it is . On all these points Mr. Strong's ...
... give a view of the royal household , and the different official personages , as well as of the state of affairs previous to the arrival of the King , and an account of the constitution , such as it is . On all these points Mr. Strong's ...
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... gives such information concerning its history , theory , and practice , as students and practitioners should acquire , and which the amateur and general reader may wish to refer to . The vast mass of matter is admirably arranged , put ...
... gives such information concerning its history , theory , and practice , as students and practitioners should acquire , and which the amateur and general reader may wish to refer to . The vast mass of matter is admirably arranged , put ...
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... give the reader such informa- tion as may be useful during its perusal ; to explain and point out the nature and arrange- ments of its principal parts ; likewise to duly prepare him for what the work contains , which is of great ...
... give the reader such informa- tion as may be useful during its perusal ; to explain and point out the nature and arrange- ments of its principal parts ; likewise to duly prepare him for what the work contains , which is of great ...
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... the fol- lowing summer to recover themselves , while those planted in February will make a good growth . If your ground is very poor , it will be ne- cessary to give it plenty of good rotten manure , QUARTERING STOCKS FOR GRAFTING . 5.
... the fol- lowing summer to recover themselves , while those planted in February will make a good growth . If your ground is very poor , it will be ne- cessary to give it plenty of good rotten manure , QUARTERING STOCKS FOR GRAFTING . 5.
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... give it plenty of good rotten manure , to make them throw up standards quick . rows . The distance for quartering out the stocks for grafting should be two feet six inches row from row , and about ten inches apart in the Some will give ...
... give it plenty of good rotten manure , to make them throw up standards quick . rows . The distance for quartering out the stocks for grafting should be two feet six inches row from row , and about ten inches apart in the Some will give ...
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