 | John Forbes Royle - 1851 - 678 pages
...begins to shed its leaves. This fall precedes the blossoming, fifty days after which the gathering begins. The blossoming varies from a month to a month...takes place, the more abundant is the crop. If the cotton-tree has been planted in November or December, it bears in six or eight months ; if in winter,... | |
 | J. Forbes Royle - Cotton growing - 1851 - 664 pages
...begins to shed its leaves. This fall precedes the blossoming, fifty days after which the gathering begins. The blossoming varies from a month to a month...takes place, the more abundant is the crop. If the cotton-tree has been planted in November or December, it bears in six or eight months ; if in winter,... | |
 | John Forbes Royle - Cotton - 1851 - 664 pages
...begins to shed its leaves. This fall precedes the blossoming, fifty days after which the gathering begins. The blossoming varies from a month to a month...takes place, the more abundant is the crop. If the cotton-tree has been planted in November or December, it bears in six or eight months ; if in winter,... | |
 | Natural resources - 1861 - 414 pages
...begins to shed its leaves. This fall precedes the blossoming ; fifty days after which the gathering begins. The blossoming varies from a month to a month...earlier it takes place the more abundant is the crop. The earth should not be hoed when the pod begins to open, lest the dust should soil the wool." " The... | |
 | Government of Australia Printer - 1861 - 422 pages
...begins to shed its leaves. This fall precedes the blossoming ; fifty days after which the gathering begins. The blossoming varies from a month to a month...earlier it takes place the more abundant is the crop. The earth should not be hoed when the pod begins to open, lest the dust should soil the wool." " The... | |
 | J. G. Medlicott - Cotton growing - 1862 - 522 pages
...experiences, and the smallness of the first crop, are amply made up by the returns from the m;vize : any place where the seeds have failed must be re-sown....in November or December, it bears in six or eight mouths : if in winter, it is more backward, and only produces in May or June. Until that time it requires... | |
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... shoot," and subsequently to one plant, care being taken to keep the ground clear and free from weeds, at least until the plants are six months old. At Bourbon, about the month of April, the cotton-tree begins to shed its leaves. This fall precedes... 