A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... flowers ; but it is not generally practised in raising fruit trees . The power of procuring intermediate varieties by the intermixture of the pollen and stigma of two different parents is , however , that which most deserves consider ...
... flowers ; but it is not generally practised in raising fruit trees . The power of procuring intermediate varieties by the intermixture of the pollen and stigma of two different parents is , however , that which most deserves consider ...
Page xiii
... flower buds ; and that whatever , on the contrary , tends to cause an accumulation of sap and secretions , has the effect of producing flower buds in abundance . This cir- cumstance , which at first sight seems to be difficult to ...
... flower buds ; and that whatever , on the contrary , tends to cause an accumulation of sap and secretions , has the effect of producing flower buds in abundance . This cir- cumstance , which at first sight seems to be difficult to ...
Page xiv
... flower bud , or flower , is nothing but a con- tracted branch ; as is proved by the occasional elong- ation of the axis in flowers that expand during un- usually hot damp weather late in the spring , becoming branches , bearing sepals ...
... flower bud , or flower , is nothing but a con- tracted branch ; as is proved by the occasional elong- ation of the axis in flowers that expand during un- usually hot damp weather late in the spring , becoming branches , bearing sepals ...
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... flowering ripen mostly in August , and are usually eaten during harvest . Those of the second flowering succeed the first , and may be brought to table till the end of October ; they are quite as good as the first , but are not bigger ...
... flowering ripen mostly in August , and are usually eaten during harvest . Those of the second flowering succeed the first , and may be brought to table till the end of October ; they are quite as good as the first , but are not bigger ...
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... flowering takes place in April , the second in June ; the tree then ceases for a time to produce flowers . The third and suc- ceeding flowerings take place in August , September , October , and November , when they are stopped by the ...
... flowering takes place in April , the second in June ; the tree then ceases for a time to produce flowers . The third and suc- ceeding flowerings take place in August , September , October , and November , when they are stopped by the ...
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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...