The New American Orchardist, Or an Account of the Most Valuable Varieties of Fruit, Adapted to Cultivation in the Climate of the United States, from the Latitude of 250 to 540, with Their Uses, Modes of Culture, &c. Also a Brief Description of the Most Ornamental Forest Trees, Shrubs, Flowers, &c1848 - 450 pages |
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... winter , or even that of the year ; but rather by the mean heat of the summer , and its duration . For while the average temperature , or heat of the year , is greater at Rome and at Marseilles than at Cambridge , Mass . , the average ...
... winter , or even that of the year ; but rather by the mean heat of the summer , and its duration . For while the average temperature , or heat of the year , is greater at Rome and at Marseilles than at Cambridge , Mass . , the average ...
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... winter and obscure the sun . It has been observed that those countries possess a more equal temperature during all the seasons , which have an ocean on the north . Such , precisely , is the position of a considerable portion of the ...
... winter and obscure the sun . It has been observed that those countries possess a more equal temperature during all the seasons , which have an ocean on the north . Such , precisely , is the position of a considerable portion of the ...
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... winter . Delicate trees and plants , the natives of southern climes , Łecome more hardy , and more capable of supporting the northern winters , by being planted on the north sides of buildings , and in their shade . Their growth being ...
... winter . Delicate trees and plants , the natives of southern climes , Łecome more hardy , and more capable of supporting the northern winters , by being planted on the north sides of buildings , and in their shade . Their growth being ...
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... winter . The surplus is sold in the cities . There are to be seen upon the Rhine , and other rivers of Germany , boats laden with dried apples , pears , and plums . " * * * The following , from the same writer , is from a passage to be ...
... winter . The surplus is sold in the cities . There are to be seen upon the Rhine , and other rivers of Germany , boats laden with dried apples , pears , and plums . " * * * The following , from the same writer , is from a passage to be ...
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... winter , all the outer bark of the stem and principal branches , down to the liber , or inner concentric bark . The effect is , that such plants grow more vigorously , and the quantity and quality of the fruit are greatly augmented . Mr ...
... winter , all the outer bark of the stem and principal branches , down to the liber , or inner concentric bark . The effect is , that such plants grow more vigorously , and the quantity and quality of the fruit are greatly augmented . Mr ...
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Page 23 - Thus was this place, A happy rural seat of various view : Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm ; Others whose fruit, burnished with golden rind, Hung amiable — Hesperian fables true, If true, here only — and of delicious taste.
Page 22 - Our death, the tree of knowledge, grew fast by, Knowledge of good bought dear by knowing ill.
Page 22 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, — Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, — A sylvan scene; and, as the ranks< ascend 140 Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Page 11 - TO ORCHARD AND KITCHEN GARDEN; Or, an Account of the most valuable Fruits and Vegetables cultivated in Great Britain : with Kalendars of the Work required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden during every month in the year. By G.
Page 22 - And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms and fruits at once of golden hue...
Page 23 - Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interpos'd, Or palmy hillock ; or the flowery lap Of some irriguous valley, 'spread her store, Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose ; Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant...
Page 22 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champain head Of a steep wilderness...
Page 26 - For, except in certain sections of the city, and some very few solitary and highly-favored situations in the country around, they have become either so uncertain in their bearing — so barren — so unproductive — or so miserably blighted — so mortally diseased — that they are no longer to be trusted ; — they are no longer what they were once with us, and what many of them are still described to be by most foreign writers.
Page 23 - Others whose fruit, burnished with golden rind, Hung amiable — Hesperian fables true, If true, here only — and of delicious taste. Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interposed, Or palmy hillock, or the flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store ; Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose.
Page 56 - Mix the whole together with as much boiling water as will form the ingredients into a thick paint. This composition is recommended to be applied to the stems and limbs of apple trees which are infested with the white mealy insect, having previously removed the moss and loose bark by scraping them off with a strong knife, or some other instrument adapted to the purpose. " In using the composition, it will be most efficacious if applied in a warm state, or something more than blood heat.