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The importance of doing this is well known in regard to Melons and Cucumbers , and also in preserving fugitive varieties of flowers ; but it is not generally practised in raising fruit trees . The power of procuring intermediate ...
The importance of doing this is well known in regard to Melons and Cucumbers , and also in preserving fugitive varieties of flowers ; but it is not generally practised in raising fruit trees . The power of procuring intermediate ...
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In a flower bud , the appendages or leaves are in that imperfectly formed , contracted state , which we name calyx , corolla , stamens , and pistilla ; and the central part around which they are arranged has itself no tendency to ...
In a flower bud , the appendages or leaves are in that imperfectly formed , contracted state , which we name calyx , corolla , stamens , and pistilla ; and the central part around which they are arranged has itself no tendency to ...
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Hence , a flower bud , or flower , is nothing but a contracted branch ; as is proved by the occasional elongation of the axis in flowers that expand during unusually hot damp weather late in the spring , becoming branches , bearing ...
Hence , a flower bud , or flower , is nothing but a contracted branch ; as is proved by the occasional elongation of the axis in flowers that expand during unusually hot damp weather late in the spring , becoming branches , bearing ...
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The first flowering takes place in April , the second in June ; the tree then ceases for a time to produce flowers . The third and succeeding flowerings take place in August , September , October , and November , when they are stopped ...
The first flowering takes place in April , the second in June ; the tree then ceases for a time to produce flowers . The third and succeeding flowerings take place in August , September , October , and November , when they are stopped ...
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Harbord's Pippin Concombre ancien Contin Reinette Cornish Aromatic Cornish Gilliflower Cornish July Flower Costard · - · · · Calville Rouge Calville Rouge d'Eté Calville Rouge d'Hiver Calville Rouge de Micoud · 167 73 113 130 14 - 162 ...
Harbord's Pippin Concombre ancien Contin Reinette Cornish Aromatic Cornish Gilliflower Cornish July Flower Costard · - · · · Calville Rouge Calville Rouge d'Eté Calville Rouge d'Hiver Calville Rouge de Micoud · 167 73 113 130 14 - 162 ...
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Page 509 - OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, DEFECTS, AND INJURIES, | IN ALL KINDS OF FRUIT AND FOREST TREES." WITH AN ACCOUNT OF | A PARTICULAR METHOD OF CURE, | PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT.
Page 577 - ... sowing of seed for general crops until June or July. If a small quantity of each esteemed variety be sown two or three times in these months, they will produce a plentiful supply for use in autumn and the early part of winter. One ounce of good Endive-seed will produce about five thousand plants. When the plants...