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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... nectarines , & c . , should be budded upon , when they are intended for forcing , which I would impress on the minds of such of my readers who would wish to excel in the profession , not to pass over too lightly . As this is intended as ...
... nectarines , & c . , should be budded upon , when they are intended for forcing , which I would impress on the minds of such of my readers who would wish to excel in the profession , not to pass over too lightly . As this is intended as ...
Page xviii
... Nectarines Alphabetical List of Nectarines Remarks 89 90 • 92 888888 86 87 92 89 · 94 90 98 91 66 99 92 101 93 GRAPE VINES . 102 94 102 95 · 108 96 Explanatory List of Grapes Alphabetical List of Grapes Explanatory List of Figs ...
... Nectarines Alphabetical List of Nectarines Remarks 89 90 • 92 888888 86 87 92 89 · 94 90 98 91 66 99 92 101 93 GRAPE VINES . 102 94 102 95 · 108 96 Explanatory List of Grapes Alphabetical List of Grapes Explanatory List of Figs ...
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... NECTARINES , AND APRICOTS , CHERRIES , GRAPES , AND OTHER CHOICE FRUITS . Observations relating to Peacheries , Vineries , and other Forcing Houses , with Introductory Remarks on raising different sorts of Fruits , Vegetables , and ...
... NECTARINES , AND APRICOTS , CHERRIES , GRAPES , AND OTHER CHOICE FRUITS . Observations relating to Peacheries , Vineries , and other Forcing Houses , with Introductory Remarks on raising different sorts of Fruits , Vegetables , and ...
Page 71
... Nectarines , Apricots , Grape Vines , & c . & c . ON PEARS . Par 77. — What has already been said on the culture of apples , will generally apply to pears ; the budding , grafting , pruning , and general management being the same ...
... Nectarines , Apricots , Grape Vines , & c . & c . ON PEARS . Par 77. — What has already been said on the culture of apples , will generally apply to pears ; the budding , grafting , pruning , and general management being the same ...
Page 92
... NECTARINES . Par . 89. - Peaches and Nectarines being so much alike in nature and cultivation , what is said of one will equally apply to the other ; it appears , from the best authorities , that the almond was the original parent of ...
... NECTARINES . Par . 89. - Peaches and Nectarines being so much alike in nature and cultivation , what is said of one will equally apply to the other ; it appears , from the best authorities , that the almond was the original parent of ...
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