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Page xxi
... 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 deve- lopment . Another method is to tongue the layer , that is , to split the stem just up 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 deve- lopment . Another method is to tongue the layer , that is , to split the stem just up to ...
Page 30
... heads , yielding fruit as superior to those of our old orchards , as the old , and at present deteriorated , Codlin is to the Crab itself . 54. GREY LEADINGTON . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 545 . Fruit very large , oblong , broader at the ...
... heads , yielding fruit as superior to those of our old orchards , as the old , and at present deteriorated , Codlin is to the Crab itself . 54. GREY LEADINGTON . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 545 . Fruit very large , oblong , broader at the ...
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... 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 , which are ...
... 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 , which are ...
Page 74
... 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 , very little dotted , but strongly coloured with yellowish bright red on the ...
... 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 , very little dotted , but strongly coloured with yellowish bright red on the ...
Page 113
... head and beak of a woodcock . 214. YELLOW ELLIOT . Pom . Heref . t . 17 . Fruit of a good size , rather more flat than long , having a few obtuse angles terminating in the crown . Eye small , with short diverging segments of the calyx ...
... head and beak of a woodcock . 214. YELLOW ELLIOT . Pom . Heref . t . 17 . Fruit of a good size , rather more flat than long , having a few obtuse angles terminating in the crown . Eye small , with short diverging segments of the calyx ...
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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...