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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... Objects in the Environs ; and forming an agreeable and useful Companion during a residence at any of the places , or during a summer tour in quest of health or pleasure : with a Description of the Lakes , and a Tour through Wales .
... Objects in the Environs ; and forming an agreeable and useful Companion during a residence at any of the places , or during a summer tour in quest of health or pleasure : with a Description of the Lakes , and a Tour through Wales .
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THE SEASONS ; Stories for very Young Children . 4 vols . 18mo . new Editions : Vol . 1 , Winter , 3d Edition , ( 1839 ) , pp . 180 ; Vol . 2 , Spring , 3d Edition ( 1839 ) , pp . 196 ; Vol . 3 , Summer , 3d Edition ( 1840 ) , pp .
THE SEASONS ; Stories for very Young Children . 4 vols . 18mo . new Editions : Vol . 1 , Winter , 3d Edition , ( 1839 ) , pp . 180 ; Vol . 2 , Spring , 3d Edition ( 1839 ) , pp . 196 ; Vol . 3 , Summer , 3d Edition ( 1840 ) , pp .
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... Revival of the Bark - bed Winter Management of Pines Spring Management of Pines Summer Management of Pines Observations on Shifting Pines , including directions for Autumn Management Insects , remarks thereon , with Instructions how ...
... Revival of the Bark - bed Winter Management of Pines Spring Management of Pines Summer Management of Pines Observations on Shifting Pines , including directions for Autumn Management Insects , remarks thereon , with Instructions how ...
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The following Autumn you may take up the seedlings , having had one summer's growth , and transplant them into beds , putting them about one foot row from row , and about three inches apart in the rows : let them stand two years ...
The following Autumn you may take up the seedlings , having had one summer's growth , and transplant them into beds , putting them about one foot row from row , and about three inches apart in the rows : let them stand two years ...
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... in order to get your stocks planted early in November , then they will immediately draw root , which will make a considerable deal of difference in their growth the following summer ; for if you do not get them planted till late in ...
... in order to get your stocks planted early in November , then they will immediately draw root , which will make a considerable deal of difference in their growth the following summer ; for if you do not get them planted till late in ...
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| Title | 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 ... |
| Author | George Bliss |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Ridgeway, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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