The Fruit Grower's Instructor: Being a Practical Treatise on the Cultivation and Treatment of Fruit Trees: to which is Added, Full Instructions for Forcing, with a List and Descriptive Account of All the Best Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain; Also Directions for Hothouse Building, with the Most Approved Modes of Heating by Fire and Hot Water ... The Whole Written from Practice |
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... Plums 79 81 Alphabetical List of Plums 84 82 . CHERRIES . Useful Observations Explanatory List of Cherries Alphabetical List of Cherries 8888888 85 83 86 84 85 APRICOTS . Remarks on the Stocks for Budding , & c . Explanatory List of ...
... Plums 79 81 Alphabetical List of Plums 84 82 . CHERRIES . Useful Observations Explanatory List of Cherries Alphabetical List of Cherries 8888888 85 83 86 84 85 APRICOTS . Remarks on the Stocks for Budding , & c . Explanatory List of ...
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... plums , or pears , ( where you have these to graft ) your apples must wait till they are done ; but if you can begin your apples about the middle of March , and finish . by the second week in April , it is very rare that it is too late ...
... plums , or pears , ( where you have these to graft ) your apples must wait till they are done ; but if you can begin your apples about the middle of March , and finish . by the second week in April , it is very rare that it is too late ...
Page 70
... the apple grower , it being by no means neces- sary ; this practice is principally adopted where the scion and stocks will not unite freely by whip- grafting . · CHAPTER II . On Pears , Plums , Cherries , 70 OBSERVATIONS ON GRAFTING .
... the apple grower , it being by no means neces- sary ; this practice is principally adopted where the scion and stocks will not unite freely by whip- grafting . · CHAPTER II . On Pears , Plums , Cherries , 70 OBSERVATIONS ON GRAFTING .
Page 71
... Plums , Cherries , Peaches , Nectarines , Apricots , Grape Vines , & c . & c . ON PEARS . Par 77. — What has already been said on the culture of apples , will generally apply to pears ; the budding , grafting , pruning , and general ...
... Plums , Cherries , Peaches , Nectarines , Apricots , Grape Vines , & c . & c . ON PEARS . Par 77. — What has already been said on the culture of apples , will generally apply to pears ; the budding , grafting , pruning , and general ...
Page 79
... plums cannot be so easily mistaken , because the soils or situation will not have the same effect in changing their character , as they have on some other fruits . EXPLANATORY LIST OF PLUMS . Par . 81. Orleans ; this plum is a fine ...
... plums cannot be so easily mistaken , because the soils or situation will not have the same effect in changing their character , as they have on some other fruits . EXPLANATORY LIST OF PLUMS . Par . 81. Orleans ; this plum is a fine ...
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| Title | The Fruit Grower's Instructor: Being a Practical Treatise on the Cultivation and Treatment of Fruit Trees: to which is Added, Full Instructions for Forcing, with a List and Descriptive Account of All the Best Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain; Also Directions for Hothouse Building, with the ... |
| Author | George Bliss |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Ridgeway, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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