Proceedings of the Essex Institute, Volumes 1-2Essex Institute, 1856 - Natural history |
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... fruit in the tissue of the wart only showed it to be a con- venient place to deposit its egg , mistaking its soft and pulpy tissue for the fruit itself . The white worm or grub was the larva of the weevil , or a small wasplike fly ...
... fruit in the tissue of the wart only showed it to be a con- venient place to deposit its egg , mistaking its soft and pulpy tissue for the fruit itself . The white worm or grub was the larva of the weevil , or a small wasplike fly ...
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... fruit buds and seeds of most trees . It is found in the fruit of the peach in the proportion of five per cent , and flows freely from the bark of the peach tree on being wounded or cut . This occurs , however , at a later season of the ...
... fruit buds and seeds of most trees . It is found in the fruit of the peach in the proportion of five per cent , and flows freely from the bark of the peach tree on being wounded or cut . This occurs , however , at a later season of the ...
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... fruit of the Pear came up for discussion . Mr. R. Manning supposed the injury to the fruit to originate from the presence of some sort of fungus , which hardening the skin of the immature fruit , or partially depriving it of vigorous ...
... fruit of the Pear came up for discussion . Mr. R. Manning supposed the injury to the fruit to originate from the presence of some sort of fungus , which hardening the skin of the immature fruit , or partially depriving it of vigorous ...
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... fruit of the pear . The discussion was continued by the President , by Dr. A. L. Pierson , Mr. James Upton and others . Mr. Russell presented Ilex Opaca , freshly gathered at Hingham , and recommended its culture as a deserving shrub ...
... fruit of the pear . The discussion was continued by the President , by Dr. A. L. Pierson , Mr. James Upton and others . Mr. Russell presented Ilex Opaca , freshly gathered at Hingham , and recommended its culture as a deserving shrub ...
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... fruit of a species of palm . Mr. Geo . D. Phippen stated that he had recently obtain- ed some old MSS . written 150 years ago . Some of these related to some of the worthies , whose portraits adorned the walls - others to the early ...
... fruit of a species of palm . Mr. Geo . D. Phippen stated that he had recently obtain- ed some old MSS . written 150 years ago . Some of these related to some of the worthies , whose portraits adorned the walls - others to the early ...
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