A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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Page 19
... 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 very deserving of cul- tivation , and succeeds best grafted on the Doucin stock ...
... 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 very deserving of cul- tivation , and succeeds best grafted on the Doucin stock ...
Page 74
... 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 , very little dotted , but ...
... 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 , very little dotted , but ...
Page 107
... - rine matter , combined with a good deal of astringency . The tree is a weak grower , and is frequently encum- bered with a multiplicity of slender shoots . It does not appear to have been known in the seventeenth century , APPLES . 107.
... - rine matter , combined with a good deal of astringency . The tree is a weak grower , and is frequently encum- bered with a multiplicity of slender shoots . It does not appear to have been known in the seventeenth century , APPLES . 107.
Page 116
... head upon the second year's shoot ; but , instead of grafting them , a much better method is to bud them , as they make much better trees in the same length of time . This latter practice is recommended for standards only , as 116 APPLES .
... head upon the second year's shoot ; but , instead of grafting them , a much better method is to bud them , as they make much better trees in the same length of time . This latter practice is recommended for standards only , as 116 APPLES .
Page 117
... shoots with much more vigour in the spring , than those whose transplanting has been deferred till a late period of the season . It should , therefore , be constantly borne in mind , that where the greatest success is desired in forming ...
... shoots with much more vigour in the spring , than those whose transplanting has been deferred till a late period of the season . It should , therefore , be constantly borne in mind , that where the greatest success is desired in forming ...
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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...