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... tree in which its peculiar good qualities reside in the highest degree . For instance , in the fruit of an apple ... trees . The power of procuring intermediate varieties by the intermixture of the pollen and stigma of two different ...
... tree in which its peculiar good qualities reside in the highest degree . For instance , in the fruit of an apple ... trees . The power of procuring intermediate varieties by the intermixture of the pollen and stigma of two different ...
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... tree go on rapidly , with vigour , and without interruption , only rudiments of branches ( or leaf buds ) should be formed ; and why , on the other hand , when the former become languid , and the parts are formed slowly , bodies of a ...
... tree go on rapidly , with vigour , and without interruption , only rudiments of branches ( or leaf buds ) should be formed ; and why , on the other hand , when the former become languid , and the parts are formed slowly , bodies of a ...
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... tree should not be removed as easily as the young plants in a nur- sery ; but their preservation in such cases is impossible , and therefore the transplantation of trees of great mag- nitude cannot be effected . It is because of the ...
... tree should not be removed as easily as the young plants in a nur- sery ; but their preservation in such cases is impossible , and therefore the transplantation of trees of great mag- nitude cannot be effected . It is because of the ...
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... 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 new situation , is to create new ...
... 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 new situation , is to create new ...
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... Trees . By William Forsyth . 8vo . Hanbury . A Complete Body of Planting and Gardening . By the Rev. Wm . Hanbury . 2 vols . fol . 1770 . Hitt . A Treatise on Fruit Trees . By Thomas Hitt . Third Edition . 8vo . 1768 . Hooker's Pom ...
... Trees . By William Forsyth . 8vo . Hanbury . A Complete Body of Planting and Gardening . By the Rev. Wm . Hanbury . 2 vols . fol . 1770 . Hitt . A Treatise on Fruit Trees . By Thomas Hitt . Third Edition . 8vo . 1768 . Hooker's Pom ...
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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...