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... gathered 458 459 .. 460 461 7. Various kinds of preserved grapes : eleven remedies ib . 8. Cuttings of the vine : one remedy 462 9. Grape - stones : six remedies ib . 10. Grape - husks : eight remedies .. 463 11. The grapes of the ...
... gathered 458 459 .. 460 461 7. Various kinds of preserved grapes : eleven remedies ib . 8. Cuttings of the vine : one remedy 462 9. Grape - stones : six remedies ib . 10. Grape - husks : eight remedies .. 463 11. The grapes of the ...
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... gather , if we only take into account the manual labour expended upon them . The olive , too , should never be too highly cultivated , nor must certain soils , it is said , be too carefully tilled , those of Sicily , 76 for instance ...
... gather , if we only take into account the manual labour expended upon them . The olive , too , should never be too highly cultivated , nor must certain soils , it is said , be too carefully tilled , those of Sicily , 76 for instance ...
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... gathering within forty days from the time that it is sown . Millet , panic , sesame , and all the summer grains are ripe within forty days after blossoming , with considerable variations , of course , in reference to soil and weather ...
... gathering within forty days from the time that it is sown . Millet , panic , sesame , and all the summer grains are ripe within forty days after blossoming , with considerable variations , of course , in reference to soil and weather ...
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... gathered before the time that mildew begins to attack wheat ; for which reason it is that the provident agriculturist sows only as much wheat 61 57 De Re Rust . c . 87. This " amylum " seems somewhat to resemble our starch . 58 The ...
... gathered before the time that mildew begins to attack wheat ; for which reason it is that the provident agriculturist sows only as much wheat 61 57 De Re Rust . c . 87. This " amylum " seems somewhat to resemble our starch . 58 The ...
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... gathered before it is perfectly ripe . 63 CHAP . 19. ( 8 . ) - ARINCA , AND OTHER KINDS OF GRAIN THAT 67 ARE GROWN IN THE EAST . 66 The several kinds of corn are not everywhere the same ; and even where they are the same , they do not ...
... gathered before it is perfectly ripe . 63 CHAP . 19. ( 8 . ) - ARINCA , AND OTHER KINDS OF GRAIN THAT 67 ARE GROWN IN THE EAST . 66 The several kinds of corn are not everywhere the same ; and even where they are the same , they do not ...
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