An Epitome of Mr. Forsyth's Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-trees: Also, Notes on American Gardening and Fruits, with Designs for Promoting the Ripening of Fruits, and Securing Them as Family Comforts: and Further, of Economical Principles in Building Farmers' Habitations |
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... , a west aspect is reckoned preferable for the general crop . A few trees they plant on a south aspect , for an early supply ; and for a late supply , a few on an east aspect . PLUMS , Selected by Mr. Forsyth for a small garden ( 6 )
... , a west aspect is reckoned preferable for the general crop . A few trees they plant on a south aspect , for an early supply ; and for a late supply , a few on an east aspect . PLUMS , Selected by Mr. Forsyth for a small garden ( 6 )
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... crop for its size : so that there were on the old tree , which had been headed down not quite four years , 2340 Pears more than on the tree of twenty year's growth . Mr. Forsyth gives a curious account of the re- covering ( 27 )
... crop for its size : so that there were on the old tree , which had been headed down not quite four years , 2340 Pears more than on the tree of twenty year's growth . Mr. Forsyth gives a curious account of the re- covering ( 27 )
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... beans , for a spring crop . After this time ( or before ) lay a coat of rotten dung on then dig and plant early potatoes ; but not so near the Gooseberries as to hurt them . The roots of Gooseberries are to be kept clear to ( 48 )
... beans , for a spring crop . After this time ( or before ) lay a coat of rotten dung on then dig and plant early potatoes ; but not so near the Gooseberries as to hurt them . The roots of Gooseberries are to be kept clear to ( 48 )
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... cropping . Gooseberries love a rich soil ; and should there- fore be dunged every year , or at least a good coat once in two years . Never plant them , he says , under the shade of other trees ; which would injure the flavour of the ...
... cropping . Gooseberries love a rich soil ; and should there- fore be dunged every year , or at least a good coat once in two years . Never plant them , he says , under the shade of other trees ; which would injure the flavour of the ...
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... crops : these may be covered with double nets , to preserve them from birds ; tucking in a few fern branches between the two nets , for preventing the heat of the sun and drying winds from shrivel- ling the fruit . In quarters , they ...
... crops : these may be covered with double nets , to preserve them from birds ; tucking in a few fern branches between the two nets , for preventing the heat of the sun and drying winds from shrivel- ling the fruit . In quarters , they ...
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Page 101 - ... mixed with a sixth part of the same quantity of the ashes of burnt bones ; put it into a tin box, with holes in the top, and shake the powder on the surface of the plaster, till the whole is covered over with it, letting it remain for half an hour, to absorb the moisture ; then apply more powder, rubbing it on gently with the hand, and repeating the application of the powder till the whole plaster becomes a dry smooth surface.
Page 104 - ... and endanger its being blown down by the wind. It will, therefore, be necessary to leave part of the dead wood at first to strengthen the tree, and to cut it out by degrees as the new wood is formed. If there be any canker or gum oozing, the infected parts must be pared off or cut with a proper instrument.
Page 103 - ... the best way of using the Composition is found, by experience, to be in a liquid state ; it must, therefore, be reduced to the consistence of a pretty thick paint, by mixing it up with a sufficient quantity of urine and soap-suds, and laid on with a painter's brush. The powder of woodashes and burnt bones is to be applied as before directed, patting it down with the hand.
Page 101 - ... and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit or river sand : The three last articles are to be sifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a spade, and afterwards with a wooden beater, until the stuff is very smooth, like fine plaster used for the ceilings of rooms.
Page 102 - When lime rubbish of old buildings cannot be easily got, take pounded chalk or common lime, after having been slaked a month at least.
Page 104 - ... smooth ; then cover the hollow, and every part where the canker has been cut out, or branches lopped off, with the Composition ; and, as the edges grow, take care not to let the new wood come in contact with the dead, part of which it may be sometimes necessary to leave ; but cut out the old dead wood as the new advances, keeping a hollow between them, to allow the new wood room to extend itself, and thereby fill up the cavity, which it will do in time, so as to make as it were a new tree. If...
Page 157 - Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away. " Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline ; Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ; Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one.
Page 102 - ... that happens, to rub it over with the finger when occasion may require (which is best done when moistened by rain), that the plaster may be kept whole, to prevent the air and wet penetrating into the wound.
Page 100 - Take one bushel of fresh cow-dung, half a bushel of lime rubbish of old buildings (that from the ceilings of rooms is preferable), half a bushel of wood-ashes, and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit or river sand : the three last articles are to be sifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a spade, and afterwards with a wooden beater, until the stuff is very smooth, like fine plaster used for ceilings of rooms. " The composition being thus made, care must be...
Page 101 - The Composition being thus made, care must be taken to prepare the tree properly for its application, by cutting away all the dead, decayed, and injured...