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Page 19
Mr. Robertson , of Kilkenny , describes the tree as broom - headed : the young shoots erect , of a greenish brown , full of spurs , downy at the extremities . In this country it does not appear to be a very plentiful bearer ; but it is ...
Mr. Robertson , of Kilkenny , describes the tree as broom - headed : the young shoots erect , of a greenish brown , full of spurs , downy at the extremities . In this country it does not appear to be a very plentiful bearer ; but it is ...
Page 74
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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... combined with a good deal of astringency . The tree is a weak grower , and is frequently encumbered with a multiplicity of slender shoots . It does not appear to have been known in the seventeenth century , APPLES . 107.
... combined with a good deal of astringency . The tree is a weak grower , and is frequently encumbered with a multiplicity of slender shoots . It does not appear to have been known in the seventeenth century , APPLES . 107.
Page 116
In the nurseries , all the apples intended for standards are grafted about nine inches high only , allowing them to grow up standard high , and forming the head upon the second year's shoot ; but , instead of grafting them , a much ...
In the nurseries , all the apples intended for standards are grafted about nine inches high only , allowing them to grow up standard high , and forming the head upon the second year's shoot ; but , instead of grafting them , a much ...
Page 117
... this time and the winter many of them will make fresh roots , and be prepared to push forth their young shoots with much more vigour in the spring , than those whose transplanting has been deferred till a late period of the season .
... this time and the winter many of them will make fresh roots , and be prepared to push forth their young shoots with much more vigour in the spring , than those whose transplanting has been deferred till a late period of the season .
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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...