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 CropsHarper & Brothers, 1859 - 531 Seiten |
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Seite 67
... lettuce , or an im- proved melon , or pumpkin , or cucumber , will be likely to yield a much scantier crop of seed than one which is inferior . The same law holds among flowers . Almost all wild flow- ers are single , and these , as ...
... lettuce , or an im- proved melon , or pumpkin , or cucumber , will be likely to yield a much scantier crop of seed than one which is inferior . The same law holds among flowers . Almost all wild flow- ers are single , and these , as ...
Seite 69
... lettuce . In all these , cultivation , working sometimes blindly , and at others with precalculation of results , has produced various striking changes . The leaf of the well - cultivated cabbage has become thick and marrowy , and it ...
... lettuce . In all these , cultivation , working sometimes blindly , and at others with precalculation of results , has produced various striking changes . The leaf of the well - cultivated cabbage has become thick and marrowy , and it ...
Seite 70
... lettuce , on the other hand , when its head assumes the form of a cone , is approxi- mating to a loose , headless growth , like that of the kale , or the rape , or the wild lettuce . For the purposes of this work , it may suffice to ...
... lettuce , on the other hand , when its head assumes the form of a cone , is approxi- mating to a loose , headless growth , like that of the kale , or the rape , or the wild lettuce . For the purposes of this work , it may suffice to ...
Seite 71
... lettuce , & c . , are either loose col- lections of leaves , or screw form , or conical , or heart - shaped , or globular , or cheese - shaped , or flat . Of these the heart - shaped for early , and the cheese form or the globular for ...
... lettuce , & c . , are either loose col- lections of leaves , or screw form , or conical , or heart - shaped , or globular , or cheese - shaped , or flat . Of these the heart - shaped for early , and the cheese form or the globular for ...
Seite 85
... lettuce and spin- ach or corn salad . The spinach or corn salad being cut very early in the spring , the lettuce may be cultivated for early head salad . In the spring radishes are often sown broadcast upon land AMERICAN HOME GARDEN . 85.
... lettuce and spin- ach or corn salad . The spinach or corn salad being cut very early in the spring , the lettuce may be cultivated for early head salad . In the spring radishes are often sown broadcast upon land AMERICAN HOME GARDEN . 85.
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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...