The New American Orchardist: Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Varieties of Fruit, of All Climates, Adapted to Cultivation in the United States, with Their History, Modes of Culture, Management, Uses, &c., and the Culture of Silk. With an Appendix on Vegetables, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers, Volume 2 |
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... branches , and last of all in the roots , is produced by the attraction of the leaf - buds and leaves , which are developed by the warmth of spring — their transpiration requiring supplies so great and continual , that some plants are ...
... branches , and last of all in the roots , is produced by the attraction of the leaf - buds and leaves , which are developed by the warmth of spring — their transpiration requiring supplies so great and continual , that some plants are ...
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... branches or by continually shortening the extremities of the young and growing wood . 3d . By subjecting them to a warm and dry atmosphere . Or lastly , by a combination of each and every mode , as in the case of Chinese dwarf trees and ...
... branches or by continually shortening the extremities of the young and growing wood . 3d . By subjecting them to a warm and dry atmosphere . Or lastly , by a combination of each and every mode , as in the case of Chinese dwarf trees and ...
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... branches , for such become debilitated and sickly long before the fruit can arrive at maturity . A tight liga- ture , applied in the preceding summer in such cases , he has found to answer all the purposes of ringing , with far less ...
... branches , for such become debilitated and sickly long before the fruit can arrive at maturity . A tight liga- ture , applied in the preceding summer in such cases , he has found to answer all the purposes of ringing , with far less ...
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... branches , and to cause the branches which usually con- sume the sap , to yield fruit ; the operation consists in cutting off the yet herbaceous , or young and tender shoots , when they have attained the length of six or eight inches ...
... branches , and to cause the branches which usually con- sume the sap , to yield fruit ; the operation consists in cutting off the yet herbaceous , or young and tender shoots , when they have attained the length of six or eight inches ...
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... branches which are most loaded with blossoms , and remove the bark quite round the branch , to the depth of about half its diameter . This part is covered with a large ball of a composition similar to grafting clay . For large branches ...
... branches which are most loaded with blossoms , and remove the bark quite round the branch , to the depth of about half its diameter . This part is covered with a large ball of a composition similar to grafting clay . For large branches ...
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