The American Home Garden: Being Principles and Rules for the Culture of Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers, and Shrubbery. To which are Added Brief Notes on Farm Crops ...Harper & brothers, 1859 - 531 Seiten |
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... early fall and late spring frosts , which so often injure crops . They result from the operation of the same principle upon which , by the rapid evaporation of ether , ice may be formed even in the sunlight of a summer day . They " fall ...
... early fall and late spring frosts , which so often injure crops . They result from the operation of the same principle upon which , by the rapid evaporation of ether , ice may be formed even in the sunlight of a summer day . They " fall ...
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... early and tender vegetables , & c .; a portion of it may also be appropriated to early strawberries and asparagus . To make it more suitable for these purposes , if the ground have no natural descent to the south , it should be made to ...
... early and tender vegetables , & c .; a portion of it may also be appropriated to early strawberries and asparagus . To make it more suitable for these purposes , if the ground have no natural descent to the south , it should be made to ...
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... early peas , & c . , & c . , may have been removed ; and with a farther view to this , crops that will mature early should be arranged together , so that as large a space as possible for recropping may lie in one spot , instead of ...
... early peas , & c . , & c . , may have been removed ; and with a farther view to this , crops that will mature early should be arranged together , so that as large a space as possible for recropping may lie in one spot , instead of ...
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... early , and the cheese form or the globular for winter cab- bages , and among lettuces the screw and the globe forms , may be regarded as the best , and no plant of them which does not come near or up to this standard should be used in ...
... early , and the cheese form or the globular for winter cab- bages , and among lettuces the screw and the globe forms , may be regarded as the best , and no plant of them which does not come near or up to this standard should be used in ...
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... early use , on ac- count of its free growth , it will prove strong , or , at best , want- ing in sweetness when kept for winter use ; and in respect to turnips , he is familiar with the fact that , other things being equal , the yellow ...
... early use , on ac- count of its free growth , it will prove strong , or , at best , want- ing in sweetness when kept for winter use ; and in respect to turnips , he is familiar with the fact that , other things being equal , the yellow ...
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Seite 66 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...