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Page 122
The other method is to train a perpendicular shoot from the centre , and furnish
the sides with branches at right angles from ... In proceeding to form a tree of this
description , select a plant of one year old from the graft , with three even shoots if
...
The other method is to train a perpendicular shoot from the centre , and furnish
the sides with branches at right angles from ... In proceeding to form a tree of this
description , select a plant of one year old from the graft , with three even shoots if
...
Page 187
In the quarters where the young bushes have established themselves , and made
some vigorous shoots , the best placed of those should be selected to form the
head : four shoots will be sufficient to begin with ; these should be pruned back to
...
In the quarters where the young bushes have established themselves , and made
some vigorous shoots , the best placed of those should be selected to form the
head : four shoots will be sufficient to begin with ; these should be pruned back to
...
Page 220
Previously to its being laid down , take the shoot firmly in one or both hands ,
near the bottom ; and give it a twist , half or ... In the spring , when they have
grown nine or twelve inches , they should be staked , tying the two shoots of each
layer to ...
Previously to its being laid down , take the shoot firmly in one or both hands ,
near the bottom ; and give it a twist , half or ... In the spring , when they have
grown nine or twelve inches , they should be staked , tying the two shoots of each
layer to ...
Page 226
be stopped , and such lateral shoots as may be produced after that time , must be
treated as directed before . In the autumn when the leaves are fallen , each shoot
should be pinned back to the horizontal line where it had turned upwards , thus ...
be stopped , and such lateral shoots as may be produced after that time , must be
treated as directed before . In the autumn when the leaves are fallen , each shoot
should be pinned back to the horizontal line where it had turned upwards , thus ...
Page 302
Commencing with the winter pruning , the first rule to be laid down as a basis for
all the rest , is to shorten every shoot in ... not in profusion according to the
general custom , but such shoots only as may be required for the following year .
Commencing with the winter pruning , the first rule to be laid down as a basis for
all the rest , is to shorten every shoot in ... not in profusion according to the
general custom , but such shoots only as may be required for the following year .
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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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