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Those points which are so peculiarly interesting to all Gardeners , such as the kind of stock upon which a given variety will succeed better than another , the comparative value of each kind upon of fruit , the aspects that it requires ...
Those points which are so peculiarly interesting to all Gardeners , such as the kind of stock upon which a given variety will succeed better than another , the comparative value of each kind upon of fruit , the aspects that it requires ...
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Take a cutting of a vine consisting only of the space which lies between two buds , or an internodium , as botanists would call such a piece , and no art will succeed in ever making it become a new plant , no matter how considerable the ...
Take a cutting of a vine consisting only of the space which lies between two buds , or an internodium , as botanists would call such a piece , and no art will succeed in ever making it become a new plant , no matter how considerable the ...
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... that an operation clumsily performed will often succeed , yet it should be remembered , that if skilfully managed it would be attended with much more perfect success ; and that a habit of constantly operating with delicacy will ...
... that an operation clumsily performed will often succeed , yet it should be remembered , that if skilfully managed it would be attended with much more perfect success ; and that a habit of constantly operating with delicacy will ...
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This is one of the reasons why trees removed in October succeed better than if transplanted at any other time . The growth of a tree at that season is not quite over ; and the first impulse of nature , when the tree finds itself in a ...
This is one of the reasons why trees removed in October succeed better than if transplanted at any other time . The growth of a tree at that season is not quite over ; and the first impulse of nature , when the tree finds itself in a ...
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Those of the second flowering succeed the first , and may be brought to table till the end of October ; they are quite as good as the first , but are not bigger than a hen's egg . The fruit of the latter flowerings are not bigger than a ...
Those of the second flowering succeed the first , and may be brought to table till the end of October ; they are quite as good as the first , but are not bigger than a hen's egg . The fruit of the latter flowerings are not bigger than a ...
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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...