Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, Volume 23The Society., 1900 - Botany Volumes for 1869-1952 include Extracts from the proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society. |
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... condition to warm up and get the trees quickly to work . As thorough cultivation renders plant food available and is the best conservator of moisture , tillage is begun early by ploughing as soon as the snow has thawed and the land is ...
... condition to warm up and get the trees quickly to work . As thorough cultivation renders plant food available and is the best conservator of moisture , tillage is begun early by ploughing as soon as the snow has thawed and the land is ...
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... conditions , notwithstanding the fact that there are some foreign varieties which thrive over large areas of the country . The strawberries , raspberries , gooseberries , and grapes are almost entirely from wild American plants , and ...
... conditions , notwithstanding the fact that there are some foreign varieties which thrive over large areas of the country . The strawberries , raspberries , gooseberries , and grapes are almost entirely from wild American plants , and ...
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... condition of fruit on arrival in markets , possible new markets . Once a year , in January , it has a three days ' session at Wolfville , at which papers are read and discussed . I attended it in 1898 , and thought it must be very ...
... condition of fruit on arrival in markets , possible new markets . Once a year , in January , it has a three days ' session at Wolfville , at which papers are read and discussed . I attended it in 1898 , and thought it must be very ...
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... condition of the fruit arriving in England and Scotland from various parts of Canada , to see whether any improvements in packing , cold storage ( for grapes , plums , & c . ) , steamer accommodation , marketing , could be suggested ...
... condition of the fruit arriving in England and Scotland from various parts of Canada , to see whether any improvements in packing , cold storage ( for grapes , plums , & c . ) , steamer accommodation , marketing , could be suggested ...
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... condition of life by so many leaves with which it harmonises both in colour and form , it is an extremely difficult matter to detect it . Its wings closely represent two leaves , and when the moth lies , as it does , with its wings ...
... condition of life by so many leaves with which it harmonises both in colour and form , it is an extremely difficult matter to detect it . Its wings closely represent two leaves , and when the moth lies , as it does , with its wings ...
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A.M. October acid acre alpine alpine flora Apple averaging branches British bushy habit Cannell).-Height 3 feet carpels Chelmsford Chiswick Class coccids colour Council crimson cultivation deep diffuse habit disease Dobbie dwarf exhibited farmyard manure favour feet 6 inches flora flowers large flowers small foliage fruit Gardens green growers grown growth robust haulm and pods Haywood heavy crop Height 4 feet Holmes Chapel Horticultural College Horticultural Society insects July kainit larvæ leaves lime manure meeting Members Messrs moderately free flowering muriate of potash nitrate of soda nitrification nitrogen Nova Scotia orange orchards Orchids pale peas petals phosphoric acid plants Plum pods long potatos Prize pruning purple quantity rock-garden roots ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY scale season Seedling Seeds wrinkled sent shaded soil species stamens sturdy habit sulphate superphosphate Swanley temperature trees tubers varieties Vegetable Veitch vigorous habit Vines votes winter yellow
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Page 373 - If the heat is too strong an ebullition is produced in the fruit, the skin bursts, the juice discharges, the prune becomes sticky, loses its flavor, and consequently its commercial value. After each cooking, which occupies about six hours, the fruit is removed from the oven and exposed to the air. When the prunes are cold they are carefully turned by women specially charged with this duty. They avoid disturbing the fruit while it is warm, as the touch renders it glutinous, and prevents the juice...
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Page 373 - Prunes are divided into ten categories, taking the number of prunes necessary to a pound as a basis, and were formerly classified as follows: (1) Trash or refuse, more than 125 to the pound; (2) small prunes, 120 to 125 to the pound; (3) small ordinary, 110 to 115 to the pound; (4) fine ordinary, 100 to 105 to the pound; (5) superior ordinary, second, 90 to 95 to the pound; (6) superior ordinary, for exportation, or half choice in France, 80 to 85 to the pound; (7) first choice, 70 to 75 to the pound;...
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Page 371 - United States Consul at Bordeaux, gives the following account of the French method of preparing the prune for market: " When the prune is ripe it is covered with a sort of glaucous powder, called flower, which greatly adds to its value as a table fruit. As the gathering is an important factor in the. subsequent value of the prune, great care and good management are indispensable. The fruit is usually gathered after the heat of the day has dissipated the humidity of the night. When possible, straw...