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 PracticeJ. Ridgeway, 1849 - 312 páginas |
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... March , as the weather may suit , you may sow your seed in beds or in drills ; but beds are best , for when you have taken your mould out the proper depth , which should be about an inch , you will be able , when you have sown your seed ...
... March , as the weather may suit , you may sow your seed in beds or in drills ; but beds are best , for when you have taken your mould out the proper depth , which should be about an inch , you will be able , when you have sown your seed ...
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... March , and finish . by the second week in April , it is very rare that it is too late for them , for I have grafted apples with success in the last week in April , when the stocks have been out in full leaf ; but this is a dangerous ...
... March , and finish . by the second week in April , it is very rare that it is too late for them , for I have grafted apples with success in the last week in April , when the stocks have been out in full leaf ; but this is a dangerous ...
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... March fol- lowing begin to make your half standards into standards , by cutting off all the side shoots , leaving the upright shoot , cutting that off about five feet six inches high , and some six feet , but trees are none the better ...
... March fol- lowing begin to make your half standards into standards , by cutting off all the side shoots , leaving the upright shoot , cutting that off about five feet six inches high , and some six feet , but trees are none the better ...
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... March ; some will prune through April , and so late as May ; but my opinion is by causing the sap to flow , and the tree to bleed too freely when the bloom is tender , often causes the fruit not to set well . Another thing should be ...
... March ; some will prune through April , and so late as May ; but my opinion is by causing the sap to flow , and the tree to bleed too freely when the bloom is tender , often causes the fruit not to set well . Another thing should be ...
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... Au- gust , and is a general bearer . ( 59 . ) - Lemon Pippin ; this is a very good sauce apple , of a yellow colour , is a good bearer , and will keep till March . ( 60 . ) - Loan's Pearmain , is an 50 EXPLANATORY LIST OF SORTS .
... Au- gust , and is a general bearer . ( 59 . ) - Lemon Pippin ; this is a very good sauce apple , of a yellow colour , is a good bearer , and will keep till March . ( 60 . ) - Loan's Pearmain , is an 50 EXPLANATORY LIST OF SORTS .
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