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Page xvii
... pruning and training trees are more especially destined . In pruning , we remove all those superfluous branches which overshadowed the remainder , and we endeavour to expose every part to the freest action of light and air . In training ...
... pruning and training trees are more especially destined . In pruning , we remove all those superfluous branches which overshadowed the remainder , and we endeavour to expose every part to the freest action of light and air . In training ...
Page 117
... Pruning and Training . With regard to pruning , training , and general ma- nagement of fruit trees of every description , I wish it to be fully understood , that they cannot be removed from the nursery too soon after the wood has become ...
... Pruning and Training . With regard to pruning , training , and general ma- nagement of fruit trees of every description , I wish it to be fully understood , that they cannot be removed from the nursery too soon after the wood has become ...
Page 119
... prune to that bud imme- diately on the inside next to the centre of the tree , or that immediately on the outside ... pruned to a bud on the right or left side of the branch , the young shoot will be produced in the same direction : so ...
... prune to that bud imme- diately on the inside next to the centre of the tree , or that immediately on the outside ... pruned to a bud on the right or left side of the branch , the young shoot will be produced in the same direction : so ...
Page 120
... pruning ; which may be readily illustrated thus : -Fix four branches , either in a direct line , or to a circular ... pruning in a contrary direction to restore the head to its former regularity and it must not be forgotten that this ...
... pruning ; which may be readily illustrated thus : -Fix four branches , either in a direct line , or to a circular ... pruning in a contrary direction to restore the head to its former regularity and it must not be forgotten that this ...
Page 121
... pruning , be cut out to the sound wood , where , in general , nature will have provided some young shoots of more than usual strength , for the purpose of remedy- ing the defect . When canker arises from some acci- dental cause , such ...
... pruning , be cut out to the sound wood , where , in general , nature will have provided some young shoots of more than usual strength , for the purpose of remedy- ing the defect . When canker arises from some acci- dental cause , such ...
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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...