Handy Book of Fruit Culture Under GlassW. Blackwood, 1881 - 357 páginas |
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Página 17
... avoid crowding them together , the consequence of which is to draw the young plants up weakly — and to make good plants of them afterwards is almost impracticable . They must now be shaded from the sun during the brightest part of the ...
... avoid crowding them together , the consequence of which is to draw the young plants up weakly — and to make good plants of them afterwards is almost impracticable . They must now be shaded from the sun during the brightest part of the ...
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... avoided at this season , yet a parch- ingly dry atmosphere produced by highly - heated pipes is very prejudicial , and cannot well be counter- acted in winter without producing the opposite evil . Hence the benefit of covering the glass ...
... avoided at this season , yet a parch- ingly dry atmosphere produced by highly - heated pipes is very prejudicial , and cannot well be counter- acted in winter without producing the opposite evil . Hence the benefit of covering the glass ...
Página 38
... avoid , as one of the greatest possible evils , a wet sloppy state of the soil . As soon as they are out of flower , sprinkle them over- head every fine afternoon with clear water at a tem- perature of 80 ° . As the season advances ...
... avoid , as one of the greatest possible evils , a wet sloppy state of the soil . As soon as they are out of flower , sprinkle them over- head every fine afternoon with clear water at a tem- perature of 80 ° . As the season advances ...
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... avoid starving them into maturity . RETARDING AND KEEPING PINE - APPLES AFTER THEY ARE RIPE . When a greater number of pines begin to ripen at any given time than is necessary to supply the de- mand , it then becomes desirable that a ...
... avoid starving them into maturity . RETARDING AND KEEPING PINE - APPLES AFTER THEY ARE RIPE . When a greater number of pines begin to ripen at any given time than is necessary to supply the de- mand , it then becomes desirable that a ...
Página 47
... avoid getting plants in- fested with white scale . A very few of it will soon overrun a whole collection , and cause a great deal of trouble and expense in getting rid of it . It THE PINE - APPLE . 47 Insects to which the pine is subject,
... avoid getting plants in- fested with white scale . A very few of it will soon overrun a whole collection , and cause a great deal of trouble and expense in getting rid of it . It THE PINE - APPLE . 47 Insects to which the pine is subject,
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afternoon allowed applied atmosphere autumn bearing begin berries Black Hamburg bloom bottom bottom-heat buds bunches carefully Cayenne cold cold frames colour covered crop cucumbers cultivation damp DAVID THOMSON desirable dull early forcing especially feet fibry fire-heat flavour foliage frame freely fresh fruit are set fruit-bearing fruiting-pots garden glass grapes grow grown guano healthy heat inches increase insect keep lateral growths lean-to leaves light loam manure manure-water melons moist moisture month Muscat of Alexandria necessary nectarines night temperature peach peach-houses Phylloxera pine-apple pines plants plunged pots practice prevent produced pruning recommended red-spider remove ripe ripen roots season shade shifted shoots shut side soil soon span-roofed stem stopped strawberries strong succession suckers sufficient summer sun-heat supply surface swelling syringe thin thrip top-dressing trained trees trellis varieties ventilation vinery warm weather winter wood young vines
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