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Page viii
Amelioration consists either in acquiring new and improved varieties of fruit , or in increasing their good qualities when acquired . It will be as well to consider these two subjects separately . I * By what means the first tendency to ...
Amelioration consists either in acquiring new and improved varieties of fruit , or in increasing their good qualities when acquired . It will be as well to consider these two subjects separately . I * By what means the first tendency to ...
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Without , then , vainly endeavouring to discover the first cause of this disposition to form varieties , let us take it as a naked fact that the disposition exists . Cultivators increase this disposition chiefly in two ways ; either by ...
Without , then , vainly endeavouring to discover the first cause of this disposition to form varieties , let us take it as a naked fact that the disposition exists . Cultivators increase this disposition chiefly in two ways ; either by ...
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The power of procuring intermediate varieties by the intermixture of the pollen and stigma of two different parents is , however , that which most deserves consideration . We all know that hybrid plants are constantly produced in every ...
The power of procuring intermediate varieties by the intermixture of the pollen and stigma of two different parents is , however , that which most deserves consideration . We all know that hybrid plants are constantly produced in every ...
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We have no varieties raised between the Apple and the Pear , or the Quince and the latter , or the Plum and Cherry , or the Gooseberry and the Currant . On the other hand , new varieties obtained by the intermixture of two pre ...
We have no varieties raised between the Apple and the Pear , or the Quince and the latter , or the Plum and Cherry , or the Gooseberry and the Currant . On the other hand , new varieties obtained by the intermixture of two pre ...
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In • The next subject of consideration is the mode of multiplying improved varieties of fruit , so as to continue in the progeny exactly the same qualities as existed in the parent . Unless we have the power of doing this readily ...
In • The next subject of consideration is the mode of multiplying improved varieties of fruit , so as to continue in the progeny exactly the same qualities as existed in the parent . Unless we have the power of doing this readily ...
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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...