 ... props. For the latter purpose, it is found the most durable of all kinds of wood : the vine props made of it are never taken up ; they remain fixed for an indefinite succession of years, and see crop after crop of vines spring up, bear their fruit,...  Forest Trees - Page 193by Arthur Bryant - 1871 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 680 pages
...after crop of vines spring up, bear their fruit, and perish at their feet, without showing any symptoms of decay. In most cases, the proprietors of the vineyards...fir, and used in the same soil for the same purpose, would not last more than ten years. In traversing the forests of the Alps, continues M. Boissel, "... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 686 pages
...after crop of vines spring up, bear their fruit, and perish at their feet, without showing any eymptoms of decay. In most cases, the proprietors of the vineyards...their present state from their fathers, and in the sanie state they will transmit them to their sons. Props made of the silver fir, and used in the same... | |
 | Thomas Nuttall - Botany - 1852 - 326 pages
...at their feet, without showing any symptoms of decay. In most cases, the proprietors of the vinyards are perfectly ignorant of the epoch when these props...their sons. Props made of the Silver Fir, and used for the same purpose, would not last more than 10 years. The wood of the Larch, according to Hartig,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1854 - 682 pages
...after crop of vines spring up, bear their fruit, and perish at their feet, without showing any symptoms of decay. In most cases, the proprietors of the vineyards...the epoch when these props were first placed there : thev received them in their present state from their fathers, and in the same state they will transmit... | |
 | Floriculture - 1868 - 410 pages
...bear their fruit, and perish at their feet, without showing any symptoms of decay. In most instances, the proprietors of the vineyards are perfectly ignorant...present state from their fathers, and in the same state will transmit them to their sons. Props made of silver-fir, and used in the same soil, for the same... | |
 | Arthur Bryant - 1871 - 280 pages
...in the river Thames: "Posts of equal thickness and strength, some of Larch and others of Oak, were driven down facing the river wall, where they were...Fir, and used in the same soil for the same purpose, would not last more than ten years. In traversing the forests of the Alps, I found frequent proofs... | |
 | California. State Board of Forestry - Forests and forestry - 1886 - 788 pages
...of vineyards arc ignorant of the epoch when their vine props were first planted; they received them from their fathers, and in the same state they will transmit them to posterity. Supports made of Pine, Spruce, or Fir for the same purposes would not endure more than ten... | |
 | California. State Board of Forestry - Forests and forestry - 1890 - 292 pages
...of vineyards are ignorant of the epoch when their vine props were first planted; they received them from their fathers, and in the same state they will transmit them to posterity. Supports made of Pine, Spruce, or Fir for the same purposes would not endure more than ten... | |
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