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One common practice is , to head down the branch that is laid into the earth ; this is to call into action the buds below the incision , by stopping the general axis of development . Another method is to tongue the layer ...
One common practice is , to head down the branch that is laid into the earth ; this is to call into action the buds below the incision , by stopping the general axis of development . Another method is to tongue the layer ...
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Healthy , robust , and substantial trees are only to be obtained by grafting on stocks of the real sour HedgeCrab ; they then grow freely , erect , and form very handsome heads , yielding fruit as superior to those of our old orchards ...
Healthy , robust , and substantial trees are only to be obtained by grafting on stocks of the real sour HedgeCrab ; they then grow freely , erect , and form very handsome heads , yielding fruit as superior to those of our old orchards ...
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Cat's Head . Forsyth , Ed . 3. No. 21 . Costard . Ray , 1688 . Coustard , of the Norman Gardens . Fruit large , long , nearly as broad at the crown as the base , having usually three obtuse angles on the upper , and two more acute ...
Cat's Head . Forsyth , Ed . 3. No. 21 . Costard . Ray , 1688 . Coustard , of the Norman Gardens . Fruit large , long , nearly as broad at the crown as the base , having usually three obtuse angles on the upper , and two more acute ...
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It makes strong shoots , attains a large size , with an open spreading head , is a very hardy orchard tree , and an excellent bearer . 144. KINELLAN APPLE . Hort . Trans . Vol . vii . p . 338 . The skin is a clear pale green ...
It makes strong shoots , attains a large size , with an open spreading head , is a very hardy orchard tree , and an excellent bearer . 144. KINELLAN APPLE . Hort . Trans . Vol . vii . p . 338 . The skin is a clear pale green ...
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Its name is generally supposed to have been derived from an imaginary resemblance of the form of the fruit and fruit - stalk , in some instances , to the head and beak of a woodcock . 214. YELLOW ELLIOT . Pom . Heref . t . 17 .
Its name is generally supposed to have been derived from an imaginary resemblance of the form of the fruit and fruit - stalk , in some instances , to the head and beak of a woodcock . 214. YELLOW ELLIOT . Pom . Heref . t . 17 .
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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...