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Page 158
After this there will be nothing further required than to cut off all additional shoots
as they are produced , to within half an inch from whence they sprang : the month
of May will be soon enough for the first pruning , and July for the second ; after ...
After this there will be nothing further required than to cut off all additional shoots
as they are produced , to within half an inch from whence they sprang : the month
of May will be soon enough for the first pruning , and July for the second ; after ...
Page 188
In the annual prunings , there will always be a number of shoots , and some ,
perhaps , of the most vigorous , produced from various parts of the head ,
particularly from the upper side of the diverging limbs : these must be cut off quite
close and ...
In the annual prunings , there will always be a number of shoots , and some ,
perhaps , of the most vigorous , produced from various parts of the head ,
particularly from the upper side of the diverging limbs : these must be cut off quite
close and ...
Page 396
John Bratherton produced a specimen of his Roaring Lion at Nantwich , in 1825 ,
which weighed thirty - one penny . weights sixteen grains ; an ample confirmation
of what may be done by skill and perseverance . 124 . COLMAR . Miller , No .
John Bratherton produced a specimen of his Roaring Lion at Nantwich , in 1825 ,
which weighed thirty - one penny . weights sixteen grains ; an ample confirmation
of what may be done by skill and perseverance . 124 . COLMAR . Miller , No .
Page 423
... older ones which have produced fruit reduced in length , by cutting off that part
which produced the fruit to the next bud ... always abound with long naked spurs ,
not one in twenty of which produces fruit ; and on those which do , it is small , ill ...
... older ones which have produced fruit reduced in length , by cutting off that part
which produced the fruit to the next bud ... always abound with long naked spurs ,
not one in twenty of which produces fruit ; and on those which do , it is small , ill ...
Page 501
these produced me one of the most fertile crops I ever saw , and the runners from
them produced their successive crops the same . I selected a few of the finest of
the first berries of those which bore the first year , and sowed the seeds ; these ...
these produced me one of the most fertile crops I ever saw , and the runners from
them produced their successive crops the same . I selected a few of the finest of
the first berries of those which bore the first year , and sowed the seeds ; these ...
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| Title | A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain: with Kalendars of the Work Required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden During Every Month in the Year A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain: with Kalendars of the Work Required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden During Every Month in the Year, George Lindley |
| Author | George Lindley |
| Editor | John Lindley |
| Publisher | Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1831 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 May 2008 |
| Length | 601 pages |
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