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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PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE VINE ON OPEN WALLS . By Clement Hoare . 3d Edition , 8vo . 78. 6d . cloth . CONTENTS . Introduction ; Observations on the present Method of Cultivating Grape Vines on open Walls ...
PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE VINE ON OPEN WALLS . By Clement Hoare . 3d Edition , 8vo . 78. 6d . cloth . CONTENTS . Introduction ; Observations on the present Method of Cultivating Grape Vines on open Walls ...
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Esopus Spitzenberg Apple ; this apple is said to be an American , and was first raised in Albany ; it requires the protection of a wall ; it is large , handsome , and of an exquisite flavour . ( 32 . ) - Scarlet Pearmain ; this is a ...
Esopus Spitzenberg Apple ; this apple is said to be an American , and was first raised in Albany ; it requires the protection of a wall ; it is large , handsome , and of an exquisite flavour . ( 32 . ) - Scarlet Pearmain ; this is a ...
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Many sorts of pears , which are generally grown against walls , have got the name of bad bearers through bad pruning , it being a general method to spur them all indiscriminately ; at the same time , some sorts scarcely ever bloom ...
Many sorts of pears , which are generally grown against walls , have got the name of bad bearers through bad pruning , it being a general method to spur them all indiscriminately ; at the same time , some sorts scarcely ever bloom ...
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Present de Malines ; this pear is suited either for the wall or standard ; in form much like Williams's Bonchretien ; smooth skin , and when ripe of a yellow colour ; the flesh is melting , and of a rich musky flavour , it is generally ...
Present de Malines ; this pear is suited either for the wall or standard ; in form much like Williams's Bonchretien ; smooth skin , and when ripe of a yellow colour ; the flesh is melting , and of a rich musky flavour , it is generally ...
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Crasanne ; this is a very fine pear for the ; wall ; the flesh is very tender , and full of fine sweet juice ; I know not so good a pear in December and the beginning of January . 8. Colmar , is a fine rich sweet pear ; it is best ...
Crasanne ; this is a very fine pear for the ; wall ; the flesh is very tender , and full of fine sweet juice ; I know not so good a pear in December and the beginning of January . 8. Colmar , is a fine rich sweet pear ; it is best ...
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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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