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In sowing seeds for the purpose of procuring improved varieties , care should be had , not only that the seeds be taken from the finest existing kinds ; but also that INTRODUCTION . ix.
In sowing seeds for the purpose of procuring improved varieties , care should be had , not only that the seeds be taken from the finest existing kinds ; but also that INTRODUCTION . ix.
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taken from the finest existing kinds ; but also that the most handsome , the largest and the most perfectly ripened specimens should be those that supply the seed . A seedling plant will always partake more or less of the character of ...
taken from the finest existing kinds ; but also that the most handsome , the largest and the most perfectly ripened specimens should be those that supply the seed . A seedling plant will always partake more or less of the character of ...
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Once deposited there , the particle swells , increases gradually in size , separates into radicle and cotyledons , and finally becomes the embryo , that part which is to give birth , when the seed is sown , to a new individual .
Once deposited there , the particle swells , increases gradually in size , separates into radicle and cotyledons , and finally becomes the embryo , that part which is to give birth , when the seed is sown , to a new individual .
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... or if it possesses the power of multiplying itself by seed , its progeny returns back to the state of one or other of its parents .. Hence it seldom or never has happened that domesticated fruits have had such an origin .
... or if it possesses the power of multiplying itself by seed , its progeny returns back to the state of one or other of its parents .. Hence it seldom or never has happened that domesticated fruits have had such an origin .
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Juice abundant , saccharine , and highly flavoured . A dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas . This is a very beautiful little fruit , raised a few years ago from a seed of the old Golden Pippin by c 2 APPLES . 19.
Juice abundant , saccharine , and highly flavoured . A dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas . This is a very beautiful little fruit , raised a few years ago from a seed of the old Golden Pippin by c 2 APPLES . 19.
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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...
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| Title | A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden |
| Author | George Lindley |
| Published | 1831 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 Jun 2007 |
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